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Episode 2926th January 2026 • I Can't (HE Can) • Sarai Collado
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This is the audio version of Episode 29 of the Sound Mind Series - Ephesians 3:1-21

If you are not able to watch the video that was uploaded on YouTube, you can listen here. Please bear with me as this process of audio to video is new and can be a bit shaky to figure out. This is all for the Lord and His glory. I hope you enjoy reading chapter 3 of Ephesians.

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Hi everyone.

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Welcome back to I Can, he Can.

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My name is Sarai and we

are finally face to face.

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You guys.

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Finally face to face.

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I'm honestly a little

afraid of the camera.

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I did not do my hair.

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I didn't do makeup.

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I am in the same clothes I've

been in all day, and I just said.

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You know what?

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I'm just gonna go for it.

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I don't know.

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I can't promise that I will do

every single video because it's

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usually just been an audio podcast.

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So if you guys are here wherever you

can see the actual video, I'm very glad

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that you're here and I am just thrilled

that I have even gotten this far.

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And I can only say that it is because

of the grace of God and his will being

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done just through me to get you guys

whatever it is that I have to share.

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Today we're going to continue on part

three of the Sound Mind series, and we are

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actually reading Ephesians chapter three.

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yes, I have my Bible here with me.

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I truly love Ephesians so much, and

I'm pretty sure that I will say that

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about every single book that I read.

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Um, it's just, it's just the word.

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The word is just amazing.

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And when you have an open mind, when

you sit down and you are intentional

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about what you are going to do, and

diving into the word with purpose.

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It will actually speak to

you completely different.

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And when I first started walking with

Christ, yes, I started reading the

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word, but I started from front to back.

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And personally, I don't think

it matters where you start.

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I didn't know everything that

there is to know about Jesus.

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I didn't know how he even died.

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I didn't, I didn't know any of that.

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I'm going to be very honest.

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But I said to myself, I wanna read the

Bible and I wanna start from the beginning

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because I'm a very like OCD person.

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I have to start from A to Z.

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Um, so it just bothered me if I

would've been skipping around.

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So I read through Genesis all the way

to Numbers, which was the one that

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took me the longest, and it felt good.

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Did I understand every single thing?

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No.

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I am actually doing a Bible study

now with my new church, Livng

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UpWord, which I absolutely love,

and they're doing a chapter by

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chapter verse by verse on Exodus.

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And let me tell you, I came in to

chapter 28, which is actually pretty

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funny that that's where they were when I

started, since this is also episode 28.

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But anyway, um, going

back to that, so I don't.

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You know, squirrel brain here on camera.

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Um, they started on Exodus 28.

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and let me tell you, I thought I

knew and understood what I read

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from Exodus, and that is not case.

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And I say that all to say that when

I was reading, I was reading more.

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To say that I was reading the Bible, but I

was also reading to learn more of like the

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theology stuff and who's who and when did

this happen and did I learn all of that?

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I possibly remembered

like four or five names.

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Did I remember every single thing?

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Absolutely not.

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Did I read between the lines?

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Absolutely not.

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Now, now that I have more knowledge

and have read some other books and have

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gone to church a lot more and watched.

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in different sermons and how

people talk about different things.

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I can read between the lines

more and things definitely just

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come across a lot more clear.

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Um, so what I learned recently from my

new pastor, and I really saw it as I was

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reading more during church on Sundays,

is that everything, even in the Old

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Testament, everything is about Jesus.

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Even in Genesis, when you don't

think that Adam and Eve have

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anything to do with Jesus.

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Everything has to do with Jesus.

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And I'm not gonna get too into that

today, but I just wanted to say that I

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just wanted to say that reading the word

just gives me so much joy, and I'm so

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happy, so, so happy that I am here, that

I'm doing this, and that I'm able to

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just share what I have learned and what I

continue to learn as I continue to read.

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But before I start reading I also wanted

to briefly talk about discernment.

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I had a conversation the

other day with David and man,

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when you start walking with Christ.

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Your discernment starts to

improve, to broaden, you start

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feeling things a lot deeper.

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And I always thought that I had

that gut feeling about things

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and that I could sense, you know,

people's vibes or whatever it was.

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Um, I wouldn't necessarily use vibes,

but that's the only word that I

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could really think of at the moment.

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however.

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I never imagined myself

being good at reading people.

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I always said like, oh,

I can't read this person.

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I just give everyone the

Benefit of the doubt.

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However, I love the word,

however I say it often anyway.

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I see I'm like veering off.

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but I never thought I was

good at reading people.

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And then now that I'm walking with

Christ, I realized that I was selling

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myself short years ago, and I was saying

that I'm not good at reading people,

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but I always had those gut feelings.

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And those gut feelings was my discernment.

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I believe personally that I

have always had the Holy Spirit

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within me to a certain extent.

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Did I accept Jesus from early

on, like when I was young?

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No, because I didn't even know

who Jesus was, but I did love God.

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I did believe in God.

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I always prayed.

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When I had to pray, was it

a different kind of prayer?

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Like now?

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Yeah, because I usually prayed when

something was going on and, but I

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always believed in God and I always

respected God and, and all of that.

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So I do believe that I had to some extent

the protection of the Holy Spirit in me

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that was guiding me towards understanding

and feeling, oh, is this a good person?

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Is this a bad person?

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I say all of this to say that.

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As we are growing in Christ and we

are walking with Jesus and we are

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just learning more and more about

Jesus, we need to also understand

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ourselves as we are growing.

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We can't underestimate the

things that we are feeling.

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We can't underestimate the things

that we are understanding from the

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Bible because this is a living word.

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This is going to talk to you

differently This is going to unravel

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itself in a different way than it

will ever unravel itself to me.

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And maybe if you start in the

beginning, maybe you will understand

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all the things that I missed when

I was reading Genesis, Exodus,

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Leviticus, numbers, all of those books.

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You guys need to trust yourselves and

listen to yourselves, and when I say

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listen to yourselves, I say that lightly.

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I say that lightly because

it's actually listening to the

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Holy Spirit that's inside you.

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Listening to the Holy

Spirit is so important.

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It's listening to Jesus.

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It's listening to God's Guidance and that

is what I have been lacking in the most.

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And I had an experience a few months

ago with a particular person that

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I told them, oh, you remind me of

this person who did not do me very

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good for the time that I knew them.

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And I ignored everything that I felt.

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I told them.

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And I said, oh, you don't

seem to be like that.

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But I ignored everything that I

felt was I right about the person?

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Absolutely.

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So that's why I say that you can't sell

yourself short because I knew from the

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very beginning, and that isn't just

going to help you with a friendship.

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It's going to help you with work.

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It's going to help you with your children

to discern if your children are feeling

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something, if they're doing something.

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It's going to help you and

relationships and with everything.

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Your discernment is

going to be another guide

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That you can use at your disposal.

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So you guys need to be careful.

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be quiet, pray on it.

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think about what you are feeling

and really just try and understand

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because these things can truly

be God's guidance and we need

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to learn how to hear his voice.

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I just had to rant about that for a

little bit because man, I am actually

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pretty good at reading people.

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I just, I'm really bad

at listening to myself.

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So I just wanted to give

you guys that advice because

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I'm not even a new Christian anymore.

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and I feel like I've been running with

Christ, not even walking because at

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this point, doing a podcast for more

than six months already and reading the

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Bible and just feeling growth and seeing

different things of myself and surrounding

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myself with completely different people

than I thought I ever would like.

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I'm not walking.

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I'm running, so I'm running with Christ.

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But anyway.

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I already lost my train of thought.

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Obviously this is not scripted.

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I usually try to have an outline but

these were just the things that I had

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in my heart, and being the first video

podcast ever, I'm just a little nervous.

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So guys, Um.

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Without further ado, we're gonna

start Ephesians chapter three, as

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always, please have your bibles.

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This is the new King James version that

I absolutely love I'm not an expert.

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I'm not a theologist.

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I'm just reading the chapter to you guys

and then I'm going back and I am sharing

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what it is that I have outlined in.

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The scriptures that stuck out

to me and giving you guys my

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take about what I am reading.

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So I hope this blesses you, and I

hope that you open up your Bible

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and you can read it for yourself.

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All righty.

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So chapter three of Ephesians, the

mystery revealed for this reason, I

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Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus.

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For you Gentiles, if indeed you have

heard of the dispensation of the

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grace of God, which was given to

me for you, how that by revelation,

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he made known to me the mystery.

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As I have briefly written already by which

when you read, you may understand, and

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my knowledge in the mystery of Christ.

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Which in other ages was not made known

to the sons of men, as it has now

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been revealed by the spirit to his

holy apostles and prophets, that the

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Gentiles should be fellow heirs of the

same body and partakers of his promise

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in Christ through the gospel of which

I became a minister according to the

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gift of the grace of God given to me

by the effective working of his power.

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Purpose of the mystery to me, who

I'm less than the least of all the

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saints, this grace was given, that I

should preach among the Gentiles, the

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unsearchable riches of Christ, and to

make all see what is the fellowship of

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the mystery, which from the beginning

of the ages has been hidden in God, who

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created all things through Jesus Christ.

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To the intent that now the manifold

wisdom of God might be made known by

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the church to the principalities and

powers in the heavenly places according

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to the eternal purpose which he

accomplished in Christ Jesus, our Lord,

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in whom we have boldness and access

with confidence through faith in him.

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Therefore, I ask that you do not

lose heart at my tribulations

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for you, which is your glory.

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this is actually a very short chapter,

so I'll go back and break it down.

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Appreciation of the mystery.

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For this reason, I bow my knees to the

father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from

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whom the whole family in heaven and

earth is named, that he would grant you

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according to the riches of his glory.

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To be strengthened with might through his

spirit in the inner man, that Christ may

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dwell in your hearts through faith that

you being rooted and grounded in love may

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be able to comprehend with all the saints

what is the width and length and depth

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and height to know the love of Christ,

which passes knowledge that you may be

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filled with all the fullness of God.

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Now to him who is able to do exceedingly

abundantly above all that we ask or

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think according to the power of the

works in us, to him be the glory

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in the church by Christ Jesus to

all generations, forever and ever.

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Amen.

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While there's not a lot to go over,

because it is a short chapter,

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there's still a lot to go over.

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So,

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Starting in chapter

three again, verse one.

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It says, for this reason, I Paul, the

prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles.

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Verse two.

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If indeed you have heard of

the dispensation of the grace

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of God, which was given to me.

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I have given circles on

there given to me for you.

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I'm gonna stop there for a second.

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So Paul is explaining to the Gentiles

that he had the gift of God given to him.

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So it wasn't something that he chose.

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It wasn't something that he

was just like, oh God, please.

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He didn't seek God out.

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And if you are familiar with the

story, Paul had an encounter.

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With Jesus.

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And that's why he says it was given

to me because again, he met Jesus.

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They had a conversation.

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No one really knows what

transpired in there.

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And he then became a follower.

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He became an apostle, which is insane.

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Like wouldn't you wanna just become

like a disciple or an apostle of Jesus?

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Of course.

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Who wouldn't?

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Like, that's the whole point in having

a relationship with Jesus, right?

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Anyway, I digress.

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Um, going back to verse two, if indeed

you have heard of the dispensation of

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the grace of God, which was given to

me, so that dispensation, that giving

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out of the grace of God was also given

to him for you, given to me for you.

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So I take given to me for you.

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As Paul's saying this, grace

of God, this gift that I have

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now was given to me for you.

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The purpose of me is to bring you guys

the Gentiles closer to Jesus and to

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let you know that he loves you and

that you guys as well can be like the

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Jews can be part of the family of God.

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And that is essentially

what I am taking from that.

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There's a lot in that, and I know

it's only verse one and two, but.

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I'm just trying to put two and two

together here from what I already read,

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from what I've read in the past, and

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Paul was used the same way that God is

using me right now to do this podcast, to

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bring someone a little moment of peace and

bring someone the word and bring someone

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something that they can resonate with.

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I feel the same way Paul was used

for the Gentiles I'm being used.

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For you guys and all.

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Glory to God, because I never

thought I would be here.

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Something like this, like this.

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This whole camera podcast situation.

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This is all God.

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I never thought I would

do something like this,

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and now

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It's all for God.

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Anyway.

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Verse three, how that by Revelation,

he made known to me the mystery,

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as I have briefly written

already, which when you read,

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I have so many notes in here.

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I keep getting sidetracked because

of all the lines and circles by which

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when you read, you may understand my

knowledge in the mystery of Christ.

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Verse five, which in other ages was

not made known to the sons of men As

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it has now been revealed by the spirit

to his holy apostles and prophets.

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So he is saying that he had a

revelation, obviously that's when he,

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um, had that encounter with Jesus and

he received the mystery of Christ.

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So whatever happened in

that encounter, he knows.

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the point of what he is supposed

to do, and obviously in a nutshell,

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like I said, he's supposed to bring

the gentiles, the gospel so that

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they can come closer to Christ

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Verse six, that the Gentiles

should be fellow heirs.

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See, I just said that the Gentiles

are going to be fellow heirs like

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we are, be of God's riches, that the

Gentiles should be fellow heirs of

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the same body and partakers of his

promise in Christ through the gospel.

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I should have just kept reading

'cause I just said that.

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Of which I became a minister according

to the gift of the grace of God given to

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me by the effective working of his power.

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I literally just explained that

I should have just kept reading.

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Anyway, moving on to verse eight.

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Now, this little paragraph is

called Purpose of the Mystery.

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So let's see what Paul says.

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The purpose of the mystery is verse eight.

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To me, who I'm less than

the least of all the saints.

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I'm gonna pause right there.

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I love that because Paul, it's not that

he's selling himself short, I feel like

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he knows his place after he had that

encounter with Jesus, he calls himself,

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I believe it was in chapter four.

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It wasn't chapter four.

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He calls himself, I therefore

the prisoner of the Lord.

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When I read that the first time, that's

in chapter four, we're not there yet,

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but when I read that the first time,

I could just sense through his words

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how much love, how much reverence,

how much respect he has for Jesus and

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for that sacrifice that he did, that

he is taking this gift, this mystery.

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He is an heir now of the gift of

God and he's just running with it

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and he is not taking it lightly.

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And I feel that us as Christians, we take

this, especially our manual, the Bible,

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we take it so lightly and we shouldn't.

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We should be like Paul.

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We should be like Paul and understand

that yes, we have our place because.

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We're not a saint.

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We're not an angel.

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We're not Jesus.

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But we are here.

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We are here, and we have had the grace

of God and we have the Holy Spirit.

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We are so loved that we have

this amazing manual to life,

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and we also have the spirit.

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We have that gift from God by his grace.

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So.

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Paul here in verse eight says to me,

who I'm less than the least of all

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the saints, this grace was given.

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Yes, even though he is less than the

saints, that grace was given to him.

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I hope I made my point that

I should preach among the

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Gentiles, the unsearchable

riches of Christ, unsearchable.

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I have that underline, uns,

searchable riches of Christ.

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The Holy Spirit is not something

that you can just search for.

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No.

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It's something that you

receive and you receive it.

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When you accept Christ truly in

your heart, it's something that

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is gifted like the grace of God.

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It's gifted to you.

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Can you have that protection

like I did when I was younger?

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That discernment, that gut

feeling, yes, absolutely.

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Why?

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Because we are all children of God.

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And even though if we haven't accepted

Christ, I'm pretty sure that God is

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looking out for us and he's protecting us.

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So that's how I know that

I still had that within me.

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But when you truly have that unsearchable

riches of Christ is when you accept him.

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And when you say you are Lord, you

are my Lord and I love you, and

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I thank you for that sacrifice.

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So

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To me, who I'm less than the least of all

the saints, this grace was given, that

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I should preach among the Gentiles, the

unsearchable riches of Christ, verse nine,

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and to make all see what is the fellowship

of the mystery, which from the beginning

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of the ages has been hidden in God, who

created all things through Jesus Christ.

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Okay, I'm gonna stop there because

again, that made my point that from

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the beginning, beginning, beginning

of the ages, kind of like in Genesis,

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all things were made through Christ.

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So everything that transpired

in the beginning in those

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times has to do with Christ.

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Verse 10 to the intent.

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Now, the manifold wisdom of God

might be made known by the church

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to the principalities and powers

in the heavenly places according

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to the eternal purpose which he

accomplished in Christ Jesus, our Lord.

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I have a little side note here.

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Oh yeah.

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Riches of God.

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I actually put the gospel and the

Spirit, so that's the riches of Christ.

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It's the gospel, because he gave us that.

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So we continue verse 12, in whom

we have boldness and access.

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Yes.

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We have to be bold.

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We have to stand firm and be bold

in whom we have boldness and access

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with confidence through faith in him.

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13.

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Therefore, I ask that you do not lose

heart at my tribulations for you.

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Which is your glory.

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So Paul was persecuted.

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Paul was put in jail.

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His tribulations is for the glory of

who he's speaking to of the Gentiles.

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And as a Christian, let's

not even call it a Christian.

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Let's call it being a follower of

Jesus, When you are a follower,

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the second you say, Lord.

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You are my Lord.

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You are my God, I am yours.

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Other problems start there

and you guys know it.

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if you are not saying yes to Jesus

right now, yeah, you may have

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problems in your life, but it's not

going to be like the ones that you

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have when you truly accept Christ.

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Why?

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Because the enemy wants

to keep you away from him.

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And a true follower of Christ

is going to hold onto Jesus

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even more in those tribulations.

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Just like Paul and Paul went

through so many different things.

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But what was that purpose?

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What was the purpose of those

different things or the Gentiles?

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The glory of the Gentiles

was in his hands, and it was

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because he tried to fulfill.

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His purpose that Jesus gave him

in that encounter so that he can

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go ahead and give that gift, those

riches of Christ to the Gentiles.

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I digress.

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Oh, I actually had a little note here.

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I put my tribulations for you, which

is your glory, and then right under

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it I put our trials can serve to save.

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I love serving.

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I love serving at my, my old church, so

I really, I really do miss that part.

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But serving isn't just

serving at a church.

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Volunteering, serving is this.

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I'm serving the Lord right now by reading

the word to you, giving you my thoughts,

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my feelings on it, my experiences.

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I am serving the Lord

right now doing this.

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And that's okay because my trials and

things that I have talked about can save

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one of the viewers, one of the listeners.

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So yes, our trials can serve to save.

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The next paragraph reads,

appreciation of the mystery history.

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Verse 14.

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For this reason, I bow my knees to

the father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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From whom the whole family

in heaven and earth is named.

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So who is heaven and earth named

after our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Why?

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Because everything was about Jesus.

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It's crazy.

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I didn't get that in the beginning.

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That's how I knew I was

reading for the wrong reasons.

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You guys, all of this is

about God, and God is who?

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God is Jesus.

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Jesus is God.

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This is all about them.

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Him the one.

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This is a manual.

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Yes, it's absolutely a manual, but

it is also a book of his heart.

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It is a book of his mind.

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It is the key to knowing who

he is and how much he loves us.

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It is a key to understand what

hundreds of people went through.

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And when they still held onto their faith

and they still were steadfast in walking

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with God and walking with with Jesus,

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it is a testament to what they

received after, and it's the

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greatest gift of all is being in

heaven with God and with Jesus.

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So

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I don't even know how

I got into all of that.

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My gosh.

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Verse 14.

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Let's start again.

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For this reason, I bow my knees

to the father of our Lord Jesus

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Christ, from whom the whole family

in heaven and earth is named for 16.

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That he would grant you according to the

riches of his glory, to be strengthened

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with might through his spirit in the

inner man, that Christ may dwell in

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your hearts through faith that you

being rooted and grounded in love.

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I'm gonna pause right there.

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So I had that he would grant you verse 16.

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I had that underlined, because Paul is

specifically saying, I am hoping and

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wishing that he Jesus is going to grant

you this access that he granted to me.

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And he said, according to the riches

of his glory, according to the

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many amazing, glorious, wonderful

gifts that he has, I pray that

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he is going to grant this to you.

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and then he said that he wants

the Gentiles be gifted strength

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and might through his spirit.

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Through whose spirit,

through Jesus's spirit.

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Verse 17.

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It answers that very thing.

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That Christ may dwell in

your hearts through faith.

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Wow.

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I love how Paul writes.

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I have, I'm gonna stop for a second.

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We're almost done.

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Okay guys, we're almost done

this very short chapter.

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I love how Paul writes because he

says things that may not be as clear

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as it comes off, but then right

after, he usually answers them.

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So if you just keep reading,

I promise you it'll click.

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That's exactly what it does to me.

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I'm gonna read back 17, so that it

makes more sense that Christ may dwell

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in your hearts through faith that you

being rooted and grounded in love may be

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able to comprehend with all the saints

what is the width and length and depth

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and height to know the love of Christ,

which passes knowledge that you may be

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filled with all the fullness of God.

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Now

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maybe able to comprehend.

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You can take it literal like

to understand, but I take

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comprehend in a different way.

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And I also think that he's saying it's

not just understanding the fullness

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of the love of Christ and all of that.

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I think of having a conversation of having

that dialogue, having that back and forth.

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So I'm gonna read that little part

again to see if it makes sense to

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you in that way, may be able to

comprehend with all the saints, what

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is the width and length and depth and

height to know the love of Christ,

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which passes knowledge that you may be

filled with all the fullness of God.

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So yes, you can.

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Talk to the saints about the width and

depth and height of the love of Christ.

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But it also to me sounds like

to have a conversation with them

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and talk about all these amazing

things that is Christ and his love.

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The last little paragraph, verse 20.

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Now to him who is able to do exceedingly

abundantly above all that we ask or

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think according to the power that

works in us, to him be the glory

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in the church by Christ Jesus to

all generations, forever and ever.

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Amen and amen, indeed.

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Thank you Lord.

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Thank you Lord for your glory.

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Thank you, Lord for your riches.

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Thank you Lord for blessing us abundantly.

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Above all.

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Thank you, Lord, for the

power that works through us.

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Thank you, Lord, for your sacrifice.

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Thank you, Lord for another day.

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Thank you, Lord for just

giving us this word.

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Thank you, Lord, for putting me

here in this place, in this moment.

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God, thank you Lord for working through

me, for working through Paul, for working

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through everyone that has come to me

in my life, to push me closer to you.

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Lord, I thank you and I love you.

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It's in your mighty

name, Jesus, that I pray.

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Amen.

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Whew.

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Oh, you guys, this is,

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this is weird being on camera and

and recording, but I am so grateful.

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I'm so grateful.

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I'm happy that I did this.

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I don't.

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Care.

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If I look how I need to look to go

by today's standards, what I care

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about is that you guys are completely

falling in love with Christ and with

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Jesus because he already loves you.

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He already has fallen in love with you

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And we need to love on him back.

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We need to love on him back.

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And if we don't know how to do that,

then all we can do is just read the word.

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And the more you read the word,

the more you open up the Bible.

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Even if you start on the

Bible app, that's one step.

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That's one step that

you are getting closer.

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To get to know him and to build

that relationship with Christ

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and to turning your life around.

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'cause even though you have

a good life, this isn't to

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say that you have a bad life.

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This isn't to say that you're going

through a thousand trials and that

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you're poor and that you don't

have family or that you're sick.

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No, I pray that you are none

of those things, but there is

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still a lot of peace and love to

feel and to be had with Christ.

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So if you don't have them

in your life right now.

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Take that step, seek him a little more.

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Just have a conversation.

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That's all that it takes.

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And who knows?

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Maybe one day you'll be here

reading Ephesians on your own,

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reading the Bible, reading the

Old Testament, the New Testament.

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Who knows?

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If it happened to me,

it could happen to you,

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I love you guys.

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I thank you so much for tuning

in, for actually watching

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this time, not just listening.

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I thank you guys always

time and time again.

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I truly hope that this has blessed you.

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Until next time, love you guys.

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