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Caesar stood up in the Roman Senate and said,

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If there be anything beyond death, I do not know.

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If there be anything beyond the grave, I cannot

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tell. Jesus went down into the grave, explored

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its every chamber, and then on the third day

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he came back from the grave with the keys of

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death. and the world invisible swinging at his

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girdle and he says to you and to me you cleave

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to me and you need not be afraid of death and

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what death can do to you the other day i saw

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a man not a believer in christ bid his little

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curly -haired girl of six years good -bye and

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and as he kissed her little face and fingered

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the curls about her ears for a moment he turned

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away with seemingly utter desperation saying

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good -bye little one for ever and then in a moment

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there came the frail little mother she stroked

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the forehead kissed the little girl's face again

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and again and thanked God for the little girl,

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even though she had had her for such a short

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time. Life was richer and sweeter and better

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every way because of that child. She kissed her

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and said lovingly, Goodbye. Goodbye, honey. For

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just a little while. Mother will see you soon.

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very soon she could say it because of jesus and

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so i go on not knowing i would not know if i

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might i would rather walk with christ in the

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dark than to walk alone in the light i would

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rather walk with him by faith than to walk by

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myself with sight i would not exchange my security

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in christ jesus i would not exchange my hope

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my faith in him in life beyond the grave, for

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a title deed to the whole world. Now for a few

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minutes, you and I are going to have a good heart

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-to -heart talk about something that is in the

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minds of literally hundreds and hundreds of people.

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I sit here... day after day, and we discuss the

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wonderful miracles, the healing of these sick

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bodies, the power of God. You sit there and you

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listen to the testimonies of these folk who have

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been healed by God's power. It's thrilling. You

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attend the services and you're thrilled as you

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see scores of people coming to the stage. bearing

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witness to their healing. Oh, that's thrilling.

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I too am just as thrilled at the last miracle

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of the healing of the sick body as the first

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miracle I ever saw in my life. But my friends,

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there are those who are not healed. Why are they

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not healed? You may not have asked that question

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audibly, but I dare say there isn't a single

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one of us, I am included, who have not asked

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that question. Why are they not healed? Why is

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it that an... every miracle service, there are

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those who leave the service in the same condition

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that they were when they came. The only honest

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answer I can give is, I do not know. And I am

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afraid of those who claim that they do know.

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For only... God knows. And who can fathom the

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mind of God? Who can understand his reasoning?

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Let's just face it. Only God knows the answer.

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When somebody comes along and tells you that

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they know why you were not healed, When somebody

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comes along and tells you that they have all

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the answers as to why people are not healed,

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I tell you frankly, I become very skeptical of

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that person. Only God knows. And I would not

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dare tell you. Why you are not healed? I would

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not dare tell you that I have the answers to

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why people are not healed. For only God holds

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the answer to the question as to why all are

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not healed. Who can understand God's reasoning?

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who can fathom the mind of god almighty but i

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do think that there are some simple matters that

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we can look into but the ultimate answer as to

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who is healed and who is not healed lies with

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god alone you know oftentimes there are those

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who come praying for physical healing and they

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get so caught up in the spiritual impact of the

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miracle service that they forget about their

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own need they soon direct their prayers toward

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others and they begin rejoicing over the miracles

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that take place. And oddly enough, it's often

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at this precise moment that God chooses to heal.

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When self is forgotten and God and others come

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first, God can have his way with that life sometimes

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i think folk get so self -centered god cannot

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break through how often i have stood beside folk

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and especially women i tried to help them And

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they're so used to whining. They're so used to

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crying. They're so immersed with self -pity that

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even as a human being, I can't get through to

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them. Even while I'm trying to talk with them,

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their whining is so... loud, they're not hearing

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a thing that I'm saying. And when they pray,

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it's always, oh, God, help me. Help me. And what

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they're really saying is, I feel so sorry for

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myself. Why have you done this to me? Why does

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this have to happen to me? Somebody says that's

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my mother -in -law. Miss Cooman, you must admit

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my mother -in -law. It's not only the mother

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-in -laws that whine, I'll tell you that. And

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this is true over and over and over again. There

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are scores of people who absolutely cannot forget

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themselves long enough to let God do something

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for them. and i said a mouthful i said a mouthful

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right there this very moment look yourself directly

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in the face go on and sometimes that's the hardest

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thing in the world for people to do You can see

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the faults in your neighbors, and you can see

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the faults in members of your family, and you

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know all the faults in your relatives. Oh, sure,

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you can just pick them to pieces. You can analyze

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them. But it's the hardest thing in the world

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for some people to analyze themselves and look

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themselves directly in the face. Are you self

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-centered? Are you so immersed in yourself that

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actually you cannot get your mind off of yourself

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long enough to look up and see Jesus? You cannot

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forget yourself long enough to help somebody

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else. Often have I seen people who have come

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into the services for their own physical healing

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and they've gotten so caught up in the spiritual

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impact of the miracle services that literally

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they forget their own need. It isn't long before

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they begin praying for somebody next to them.

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or somebody in a worse condition than they are.

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They begin rejoicing over the miracles that are

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taking place. They get so completely caught up

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in the spirit of the service, they completely

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forget themselves. They're taken out of their

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own self -pity. And at that moment, They begin

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to realize that something is happening to them.

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Something is taking place in their bodies. Talk

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to some of these people who have been so wonderfully

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healed by the power of God. Talk to some of these

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people whose testimonies that you hear. They'll

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tell you the very same thing. Somebody said,

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I hadn't thought of that. Stop your whimpering.

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Stop your whining. Stop your bawling. Look up

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and begin praising the Lord. Praise him for what

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you have. Praise him for his goodness. Praise

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is the key that unlocks the storehouse of glory.

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I found something out a long, long, long time

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ago. One of the greatest secrets to getting an

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answer to prayer is praise. Not just one day

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of the year for Thanksgiving, but wake up in

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the morning praising him. You say, Miss Coonan,

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isn't that practical? It's good old -fashioned

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Missouri cornbread, I'll tell you. Yes, sir.

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Yeah, there you are. Oh, sure. All right. Now

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we come to something, and let's face it, you've

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heard it. I hear it every day of my life until

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I get so sick of hearing people say, Catherine

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Kuhlman, why wasn't I healed? I had all the faith.

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in the world. I wish that somehow I could take

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those words out of everybody's vocabulary. All

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the faith in the world. And when a person comes

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to me and tells me they have all the faith in

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the world, I never argue with them. i keep my

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mouth shut and just look at them and say the

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poor dear now why is it that there are those

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who insist that they have all the faith in the

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world and they leave the service in the same

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condition as when they came and the great tragedy

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is that discouragements ultimately come with

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disappointments consider something we know from

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god's word that faith the weight of a grain of

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mustard seed will do more than a ton of will

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or a mind of determination And the faith that

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Jesus talked about can no more manifest itself

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without result than the sun can shine without

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light and heat. But in many instances, people

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have mistaken their own ability to believe for

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the faith which only God can give. Faith is not

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a condition of the mind. I want to make something

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clear to you. I want to nail it right down once

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and for all. Are you listening? Faith is not

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a condition of the mind. It is a divinely imparted

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grace to the heart. And many, many, many times

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when somebody comes and says they have all the

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faith in the world, they are talking about a

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condition of the mind, and they are not talking.

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About the kind of faith that Jesus talked about.

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That divinely imparted grace to the heart. God

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cannot lie. You can stake your very life on his

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word. And we know from God's word that faith,

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the weight of a grain of mustard seed. will do

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more than a ton of will or a mind of determination

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God bless you