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trust in the lord and do good so shalt thou dwell

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in the land and verily thou shalt be fed delight

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thyself also in the lord and he shall give thee

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the desires of thine heart commit thy way unto

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the lord trust also in him and he shall bring

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it to pass that comes from the highest authority

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in heaven and earth no matter what has happened

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to you no matter what will happen to you to -morrow

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or the day after that you do not have to be defeated

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you do not have to be beaten on a single So far

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as God is concerned and his resources, no man,

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no woman need ever be a failure. And it's just

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like that. The Christian need not be afraid of

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anything. And he can use everything. Jesus said

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once, nothing outside a man can defile him it

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is what comes from him that defiles him in other

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words your reaction to what happens to you determines

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the result it's what you do with that thing it's

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your own personal reaction to that thing when

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it comes into that life of yours that determines

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the result. You know, victorious vitality is

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a vitality that's capable of mastering everything

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because it can use everything. It can lay hold

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on the raw materials of human living. justice

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and injustice, pleasure and pain, compliment

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and criticism, good and bad, the sunshine and

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the rain. And it can take these things and use

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them regardless of the circumstances. A Christian

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can use... anything and everything for good.

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And it's just like that. Do you want to know

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something? If you keep spiritually vital, you

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can handle any situation in this life, regardless

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of how tough it may be. If you keep your heart

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aglow with the love of God, so that your life

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is full of spiritual radiance, Nothing can break

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you. I'll put that forth as a challenge to you.

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I know. Remember, I am a part of humanity too.

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You regard me as a minister, a preacher, and

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yet, beloved, first of all, I am a human being.

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I am a part of humanity. just as you are a part

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of humanity. I am not immune from sickness, even

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though I may preach divine healing, and I believe

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in the power of God to heal, and yet, beloved,

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my flesh, this physical body of mine, is not

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immune to sickness. i consider myself one who

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loves god with all of my heart and yet beloved

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remember i have my trials i have my burdens i

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have my disappointments i have my problems when

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i come into your home and when i say to you no

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matter what your problems are no matter what

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your troubles are as long as god is still on

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his throne and hears an answer's prayer and just

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so long as your faith in him is still intact

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everything will come out all right beloved you'd

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be amazed how many times i'm talking to catherine

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coolman i'm saying look here old girl sure those

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problems are big sure those troubles are big

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troubles but just remember as long as god is

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still god almighty as long as he still holds

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the rein as long as he still has all power in

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heaven and earth and you are his child you belong

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to him then all that is his is yours and all

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that is yours is his and as his child he's interested

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in every detail of your life how in the world

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can you be defeated it's impossible God knows

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no defeat. It is impossible for God to know defeat.

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Therefore, if you are his child, his property,

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he's not going to permit you to go down in defeat

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as long as you are spiritually Vital. As long

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as you are living in the center of his will,

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drawing on his resources, drawing on his strength,

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walking in the light as he is in the light, you

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cannot be defeated. It's impossible. Mm -hmm.

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The danger that you may be broken by circumstances,

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situations, or conditions comes only when you

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let yourself cool off spiritually. When you get

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away from that close contact with him, that's

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when all of your troubles come. And all that

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I've been able to observe in... human life bears

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out exactly what the Bible tells us, that the

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people who are nearest to God in their living

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and in their thoughts do the best with tough

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situations. They are strengthened within themselves.

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They develop wisdom. They develop insight. that

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are from beyond this world who knows how to handle

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the tougher problems of this mixed -up complicated

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world without benefit of something more than

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just our human knowledge nobody nobody that's

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the reason folk who do not draw on god's resources

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go down in defeat you can't do it Only to the

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degree that we learn to draw help from the mind

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of God, from the person of God, from God's power,

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do we bring order out of chaos. And it's just

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like that. You know, the late Henry Ford was

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surely one of the great figures of American life.

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And we all agreed that he was a very successful

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businessman, a very successful man when it came

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to managing dollars and cents and industry. But

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there was something more important than that

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regarding Henry Ford. He was a successful human

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being. Regardless of how much of a success that

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you may be in business, you are still not truly

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a success if you are not a successful human being.

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You may be a success so far as getting in the

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dollars. You may be a millionaire so far as...

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material things are concerned. You may have everything

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that the human heart may desire so far as material

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things are concerned. But in reality, with all

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of this, if you are not a success at being a

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human being, then you are not a true successful

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person. it's like that the greatest success in

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the world to any human being is to be a successful

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human being having learned how to live in christ

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jesus well it was the late henry ford when he

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was asked the secret of his success as a human

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being he said you know i have a few simple rules

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for i am essentially a very simple person first

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of all he said i do not eat too much second i

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do not worry too much and third i put my faith

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in god And then I do my best. My very best. And

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then I believe that whatever happens is for the

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best. And it's just like that. Oh, I think that's

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great. I plan well. I work hard. I leave nothing

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to be taken for granted. I pray about it. If

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someone disappoints me, if something goes wrong

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doesn't work out the way i want it there's nothing

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more that i can do about it i've done my best

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i'll tell you what's wrong with most folk they

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never have got into the place where they have

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put forth every effort possible so far as they

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are concerned to do their best, to give their

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best. They wait for God to do it all. They wait

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for God to put it in their pocket. They wait

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for God to put it in their hands. No, beloved.

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Some people have the wrong idea entirely of it.

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You know, I'll tell you a secret. Now, I believe

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in faith. You know I believe in faith. Oh, with

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every atom of my being. But I don't just sit

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around and wait for things to happen. just sit

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around and wait for god to do it all no if i

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did that i'd still be sitting in concordia mizora

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uh -huh but i'll tell you a big secret i work

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Like all depends on me and I pray like all depends

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on God. And when something happens and I have

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gotten to the place where I've done my best,

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I can do no more. I turn it over to him and I

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say, here, God, you take over from here on. And

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then whatever happens, it's your responsibility.

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I'm not going to worry about it. Every night

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of my life, I go to bed just like that. I look

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up and I say, Dear God, I'm dog -tired, and you

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know I am. I've worked 16 hours today, and in

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those 16 hours, I've done my dead -level best.

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Oh, sure, I've made mistakes during those hours,

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and I'm sorry I didn't do it deliberately. i

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tried i did the best that i knew how to do it

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i've got to get some sleep now lord i turned

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the whole thing over to you i turned those problems

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over to you i turned those precious people over

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to you i put them into your care and your keeping

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i prayed until there isn't a prayer left in me

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i worked until i'm exhausted i have not withheld

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anything in my own body any strength in my own

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body i commit them to you and there's nothing

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more i can do about it from here on out you take

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over and he always does always i plan well I

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work hard, I pray about it, and then I turn the

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rest over to God. And there's nothing to worry

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about. Do you know something? If we're to live

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a serene, a happy, a calm, an effective life,

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we've got to master this art. you've got to get

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to the place where you have the ability to take

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whatever comes no matter what comes no matter

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what happens you've got to have the ability to

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take whatever comes meet it calmly keep your

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mental processes operating keep the sources of

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divine power open and at all times and under

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all circumstances do the best you can i always

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think about what paul said and this was exactly

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what he meant having done all stand having done

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the best you can stand oh i have seen people

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that when a crisis would come when troubles would

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come they would throw their hands and say oh

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i can't take it i can't take it i can't take

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another thing i can't stand this and you look

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at them and it's long before you see them trembling

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oh every nerve in their body is feeling the effects

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and what it is doing to them physically their

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mind is being affected to the Place where they're

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not even thinking clearly. When you have done

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all you can do, what more can you do? Don't go

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and do it all over again. Just stand and have

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faith. I believe that everything in the Bible

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will work. I believe that. There is no technique.

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that's stated in the bible that won't work none

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that i've ever seen and i've been around a few

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years the mere fact that sometimes it doesn't

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work does not mean that there's anything wrong

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with the principle the wrong is with the people

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who are trying to work it paul said i have learned

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watch what he said i have learned i wasn't born

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with this i have learned through experiences

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in whatsoever state i am therewith to be content

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it is merely a quaint old -fashioned way of saying

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i have learned the skill of taking things as

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they come of not getting myself all upset or

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in a stew or in a mess or in a dither i have

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learned to take whatever comes and take it calmly

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because i have god and god is our refuge and

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strength our very present help in trouble