He is the First and Last, the Beginning and the End!
He is the keeper of Creation and the Creator of all!
He is the Architect of the universe and
The Manager of all times.
He always was, He always is, and He always will be...
Unmoved, Unchanged, Undefeated, and never Undone!
He was bruised and brought healing!
He was pierced and eased pain!
He was persecuted and brought freedom!
He was dead and brought life!
He is risen and brings power!
He reigns and brings Peace!
The world can't understand him,
The armies can't defeat Him,
The schools can't explain Him,
The leaders can't ignore Him.
Herod couldn't kill Him,
The Pharisees couldn't confuse Him, and
The people couldn't hold Him!
Nero couldn't crush Him,
Hitler couldn't silence Him,
The New Age can't replace Him, and
Donahue can't explain Him away!
He is light, love, longevity, and Lord.
He is goodness, Kindness, Gentleness, and God.
He is Holy, Righteous, mighty, powerful, and pure.
His ways are right,
His word is eternal,
His will is unchanging, and
His mind is on me.
He is my Redeemer,
He is my Savior,
He is my guide, and
He is my peace!
He is my Joy,
He is my comfort,
He is my Lord, and
He rules my life!
I serve Him because His bond is love,
His burden is light, and
His goal for me is abundant life.
I follow Him because He is the wisdom of the wise,
The power of the powerful,
The ancient of days, the ruler of rulers,
The leader of leaders, the overseer of the overcomers, and
The sovereign Lord of all that was and is and is to come.
And if that seems impressive to you, try this for size.
His goal is a relationship with ME!
He will never leave me,
Never forsake me,
Never mislead me,
Never forget me,
Never overlook me, and
Never cancel my appointment in His appointment book!
When I fall, He lifts me up!
When I fail, He forgives!
When I am weak, He is strong!
When I am lost, He is the way!
When I am afraid, He is my courage!
When I stumble, He steadies me!
When I am hurt, He heals me!
When I am broken, He mends me!
When I am blind, He leads me!
When I am hungry, He feeds me!
When I face trials, He is with me!
When I face persecution, He shields me!
When I face problems, He comforts me!
When I face loss, He provides for me!
When I face Death, He carries me Home!
He is everything for everybody, everywhere,
Every time, and every way.
He is God, He is faithful.
I am His, and He is mine!
My Father in heaven can whip the father of this world.
So, if you're wondering why I feel so secure, understand this...
God said it, I believe it and that settles that.
God is in control, I am on His side, and
That means all is well with my soul.
Everyday is a blessing for GOD Is!
(Author unkwown)
Friday, February 20, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
COME! (WUYA / WOZA)
COME! (WUYA / WOZA)
Matt 14:24 But the boat was by this time out on the sea, {many furlongs} [a furlong is one-eighth of a mile] {distant from the land,} beaten and tossed by the waves, for the wind was against them.
Matt 14:25 And in the fourth watch [between 3:00--6:00 a.m.] of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
Matt 14:26 And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified and said, It is a ghost! And they screamed out with fright.
Matt 14:27 But instantly He spoke to them, saying, Take courage! I AM! Stop being afraid!
Matt 14:28 And Peter answered Him, Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.
Matt 14:29 He said, COME! So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water, and he came toward Jesus.
Matt 14:30 But when he perceived {and} felt the strong wind, he was frightened, and as he began to sink, he cried out, Lord, save me [from death]!
Matt 14:31 Instantly Jesus reached out His hand and caught {and} held him, saying to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt?
Matt 14:32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
Introduction
•Somebody said “One Word from God will change your life forever”
•One Word from the mouth of Jesus change affect your eternal destiny, it can change your life.
•You do not need many things in your life but a Word from God. One rhema or revealed Word from God will transform you.
•Pastor Chris says, “What God wants to give you is not money, healing, success, etc but what God wants to give you is the Word in your spirit.”
•If you get the Word of God in your heart, you can never fail and you can do anything
•Peter walked on water because of one Word, “Come”, when you the Word of Christ you can also go far and can do anything!
Peter’s example
•There were about twelve people in the boat but only one walked on water
•Other disciples could have said, “Peter ulamawala, you will sink and die in water” Some might have tried to stop him or discourage him from getting out of the boat.
•There is a song that says “No one can walk on the sea but only the Son of God” Peter renders that song in accurate. He walked on water to Jesus, he of course began to sink, Jesus held him but also they went together both on water when going to the boat
•You need to exercise your faith, you may not know how strong or weak your faith is until you exercise or act on it.
•After getting born again about 15 years ago, I did not know how much I could do until I exercised my faith. I remember at one time, I prayed for my grandmother when she had developed “goiter”, she had previously had it, went to the hospital and they told her not to drink beer or milk and eat no meat. It later developed and I laid my hands on her, she was healed.
•As a young Christian, it was easy for me to exercise my faith, I know God sometimes “overlooked” my imperfect faith.
•You need to act on your faith as you are, do not wait to grow big faith! Faith grows also on practice.
•Peter might have begun to sink when he looked at the waves and was afraid, keep your eyes on Jesus and walk!
•If you have been to the sea, you understand why Peter began to sink, I one went to Durban and saw the sea, when you hear about waves of the sea, you only understand when you have seen them.
•There are times when I have “overstretched” my faith, at times I have failed in my exercising faith, but, I will still go back to God with my mess, and carry on exercising and developing my faith.
Jesus is always inviting us!
•Jesus said to Peter, “Come”
•He says, “Come unto me ye all that labor and are having heavy burdens” Matthew 11v28
•“…Him that comes to me I will not cast out”, John 6v37
•“…won’t you come to me and have life…” John 5v40
•“…let him who thirst come to me and drink…” John 7v37-39
• “Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk”, Isaiah 55v1
•And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come; and he who is hearing -- let him say, Come; and he who is thirsting -- let him come; and he who is willing -- let him take the water of life freely. Rev 22v17
•It is like the things of God are always available but it takes somebody to come. God needs us to come to Him, things won’t come to us, we need to take the step to Him!
•Coming is for those that hear, have needs and are willing
•Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; Matthew 24v34
•Even at the last day, Jesus will invite those that will get into heaven and say, “Come”, are you going there, you accept the invitation today before we get there.
Conclusion
•Jesus is calling us to a higher life with Him
•He said to Peter, “come and walk on water with me”. He permitted him to walk in the supernatural
•Even today, He still says “Come”.
•You too can walk on water, what waters are around you?
•You need to act by faith and come out of the boat
•Refuse to be limited and detected to by situations on how far you can go, you can go far in life, come out of the boat and limitations for a higher life.
•Some need to walk on the waters of: sin, sicknesses, failure in life, poverty, rebellious children, barrenness, directionless and unproductive life, etc. Jesus says come!
•For Peter coming out of the boat and walking on water was a step of faith and it was risky. Faith is risky, if you do not want to take risks, you cannot walk in faith
•Sometimes you will fail, sometimes you will sink but Jesus is readily available to hold your hand when you sink.
•For Peter to walk on water, he had to have the Word of Jesus to ride on. You too need the Word! Peter rode on the word “Come”!
•Miracles and supernatural life is still for us today. That higher life is dependant upon us riding and acting on the Word.
•We should not limit ourselves to the natural world, there is a supernatural life, we are called to higher life!
•We need to come to Jesus and walk in freedom as Africans to true prosperity, where we own businesses, own land and properties, own mines and other resources and lead our Continent without the West’s interference.
•Jesus is the one Who is inviting us to that life, there is nothing impossible with Him. We depend on the one who is all powerful
•With God nothing is impossible and He wiped the devil. Let us expose situations to Jesus.
•As we were growing up, when young man wanted to fight, they would make a heap of sand for each, when one destroyed the hip of the other, that would provoke a fight. Today, make your hip for Jesus and if the devil destroys it, then Jesus will have to fight for Himself.
•Come to Jesus today, come with everything and situation, whatever mess the devil has put on you, come with it to Jesus.
•You may be weak, you may have weaknesses, come as you are, Peter was weak but today he has a testimony that he also walked on water, that depended on Jesus could do not what Peter could do.
•People might have rejected you, your family might have rejected you, your friends might have rejected you, your church might have written you off, your leaders might have rejected you, your nation and economy might have rejected you, but Jesus says come! He does not reject you.
•Come as you are, there is enough grace, come with your sin and evil nature, come with your sin, come with your sickness, come with your HIV! Come to Jesus and present your situation, some of the things you need to present them yourself before Christ.
WOZA - WUYA - COME
Matt 14:24 But the boat was by this time out on the sea, {many furlongs} [a furlong is one-eighth of a mile] {distant from the land,} beaten and tossed by the waves, for the wind was against them.
Matt 14:25 And in the fourth watch [between 3:00--6:00 a.m.] of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
Matt 14:26 And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified and said, It is a ghost! And they screamed out with fright.
Matt 14:27 But instantly He spoke to them, saying, Take courage! I AM! Stop being afraid!
Matt 14:28 And Peter answered Him, Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.
Matt 14:29 He said, COME! So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water, and he came toward Jesus.
Matt 14:30 But when he perceived {and} felt the strong wind, he was frightened, and as he began to sink, he cried out, Lord, save me [from death]!
Matt 14:31 Instantly Jesus reached out His hand and caught {and} held him, saying to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt?
Matt 14:32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
Introduction
•Somebody said “One Word from God will change your life forever”
•One Word from the mouth of Jesus change affect your eternal destiny, it can change your life.
•You do not need many things in your life but a Word from God. One rhema or revealed Word from God will transform you.
•Pastor Chris says, “What God wants to give you is not money, healing, success, etc but what God wants to give you is the Word in your spirit.”
•If you get the Word of God in your heart, you can never fail and you can do anything
•Peter walked on water because of one Word, “Come”, when you the Word of Christ you can also go far and can do anything!
Peter’s example
•There were about twelve people in the boat but only one walked on water
•Other disciples could have said, “Peter ulamawala, you will sink and die in water” Some might have tried to stop him or discourage him from getting out of the boat.
•There is a song that says “No one can walk on the sea but only the Son of God” Peter renders that song in accurate. He walked on water to Jesus, he of course began to sink, Jesus held him but also they went together both on water when going to the boat
•You need to exercise your faith, you may not know how strong or weak your faith is until you exercise or act on it.
•After getting born again about 15 years ago, I did not know how much I could do until I exercised my faith. I remember at one time, I prayed for my grandmother when she had developed “goiter”, she had previously had it, went to the hospital and they told her not to drink beer or milk and eat no meat. It later developed and I laid my hands on her, she was healed.
•As a young Christian, it was easy for me to exercise my faith, I know God sometimes “overlooked” my imperfect faith.
•You need to act on your faith as you are, do not wait to grow big faith! Faith grows also on practice.
•Peter might have begun to sink when he looked at the waves and was afraid, keep your eyes on Jesus and walk!
•If you have been to the sea, you understand why Peter began to sink, I one went to Durban and saw the sea, when you hear about waves of the sea, you only understand when you have seen them.
•There are times when I have “overstretched” my faith, at times I have failed in my exercising faith, but, I will still go back to God with my mess, and carry on exercising and developing my faith.
Jesus is always inviting us!
•Jesus said to Peter, “Come”
•He says, “Come unto me ye all that labor and are having heavy burdens” Matthew 11v28
•“…Him that comes to me I will not cast out”, John 6v37
•“…won’t you come to me and have life…” John 5v40
•“…let him who thirst come to me and drink…” John 7v37-39
• “Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk”, Isaiah 55v1
•And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come; and he who is hearing -- let him say, Come; and he who is thirsting -- let him come; and he who is willing -- let him take the water of life freely. Rev 22v17
•It is like the things of God are always available but it takes somebody to come. God needs us to come to Him, things won’t come to us, we need to take the step to Him!
•Coming is for those that hear, have needs and are willing
•Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; Matthew 24v34
•Even at the last day, Jesus will invite those that will get into heaven and say, “Come”, are you going there, you accept the invitation today before we get there.
Conclusion
•Jesus is calling us to a higher life with Him
•He said to Peter, “come and walk on water with me”. He permitted him to walk in the supernatural
•Even today, He still says “Come”.
•You too can walk on water, what waters are around you?
•You need to act by faith and come out of the boat
•Refuse to be limited and detected to by situations on how far you can go, you can go far in life, come out of the boat and limitations for a higher life.
•Some need to walk on the waters of: sin, sicknesses, failure in life, poverty, rebellious children, barrenness, directionless and unproductive life, etc. Jesus says come!
•For Peter coming out of the boat and walking on water was a step of faith and it was risky. Faith is risky, if you do not want to take risks, you cannot walk in faith
•Sometimes you will fail, sometimes you will sink but Jesus is readily available to hold your hand when you sink.
•For Peter to walk on water, he had to have the Word of Jesus to ride on. You too need the Word! Peter rode on the word “Come”!
•Miracles and supernatural life is still for us today. That higher life is dependant upon us riding and acting on the Word.
•We should not limit ourselves to the natural world, there is a supernatural life, we are called to higher life!
•We need to come to Jesus and walk in freedom as Africans to true prosperity, where we own businesses, own land and properties, own mines and other resources and lead our Continent without the West’s interference.
•Jesus is the one Who is inviting us to that life, there is nothing impossible with Him. We depend on the one who is all powerful
•With God nothing is impossible and He wiped the devil. Let us expose situations to Jesus.
•As we were growing up, when young man wanted to fight, they would make a heap of sand for each, when one destroyed the hip of the other, that would provoke a fight. Today, make your hip for Jesus and if the devil destroys it, then Jesus will have to fight for Himself.
•Come to Jesus today, come with everything and situation, whatever mess the devil has put on you, come with it to Jesus.
•You may be weak, you may have weaknesses, come as you are, Peter was weak but today he has a testimony that he also walked on water, that depended on Jesus could do not what Peter could do.
•People might have rejected you, your family might have rejected you, your friends might have rejected you, your church might have written you off, your leaders might have rejected you, your nation and economy might have rejected you, but Jesus says come! He does not reject you.
•Come as you are, there is enough grace, come with your sin and evil nature, come with your sin, come with your sickness, come with your HIV! Come to Jesus and present your situation, some of the things you need to present them yourself before Christ.
WOZA - WUYA - COME
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Soldier Mentality Part 4
Example From David’s Warriors
1Chron 11v11-25-47, 12v1-2, 8, 17-18, 21-22, 38
1 Chr 11:11 And this is the number [thirty, and list] of DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN: Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, the chief of the Thirty [captains]. HE LIFTED UP HIS SPEAR AGAINST 300, WHOM HE SLEW AT ONE TIME.
1 Chr 11:12 Next to him in rank was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men.
1 Chr 11:13 He was with David at Pas-dammim [where David had long before slain Goliath], and there the Philistines were gathered for battle, where there was a plot of ground full of barley {or} lentils; and the men [of Israel] fled before the Philistines.
1 Chr 11:14 AND ELEAZAR [ONE OF THE THREE] STOOD IN THE MIDST OF THAT PLOT AND DEFENDED IT AND SLEW THE PHILISTINES [UNTIL HIS HAND WAS WEARY, AND HIS HAND CLEAVED TO THE SWORD], AND THE LORD SAVED BY A GREAT VICTORY {AND} DELIVERANCE.
1 Chr 11:15 Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, and the army of the Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
1 Chr 11:16 David was then in the stronghold, and the Philistines' garrison was in Bethlehem.
1 Chr 11:17 And David longingly said, Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!
1 Chr 11:18 THEN THE THREE [MIGHTY MEN] BROKE THROUGH THE CAMP OF THE PHILISTINES AND DREW WATER OUT OF THE WELL OF BETHLEHEM which was by the gate and brought it to David. But David would not drink it; he poured it out to the Lord,
1 Chr 11:19 And said, My God forbid that I should do this thing. Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? For at the risk of their lives they brought it. So he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
1 Chr 11:20 Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. For he lifted up his spear against 300 and slew them, and was named among the Three.
1 Chr 11:21 Of the Three [in the second rank] he was more renowned than the two, and became their captain; however, he attained not to the first three.
1 Chr 11:22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada, whose father was a valiant man of Kabzeel, had done mighty deeds. HE SLEW THE TWO SONS OF ARIEL OF MOAB. ALSO HE WENT DOWN AND SLEW A LION IN A PIT IN TIME OF SNOW.
1 Chr 11:23 He slew an Egyptian also, a man of great stature, five cubits tall. The Egyptian held a spear like a weaver's beam, and [Benaiah] went to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and slew him with the man's own spear.
1 Chr 11:24 These things did Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men.
1 Chr 11:25 He was renowned among the Thirty, but he did not attain to the rank of the first three. David put him over his guard {and} council.
•The 30 mighty man of David were brave warriors who gave themselves to serving and protecting David. They sacrificed themselves to their king.
•They are listed above because of great things that they achived for David.
•We are also today looking for warriors who will give themselves to serve God and the church.
•What can we count on from you? Where is your strength? Where can we list you as a warrior? What are you going to stand and fight for?
•We need intercessors, musicians, out reachers, leaders, ushers, givers (of resources), etc.
•Where do you fit?
•As your pastor, where can I count on you? Where can I count on your service? I need Young people that I can write or make history with! Are you available?
•They were balanced man, could use both hands. You need to have a balanced ministry & be a balanced leader. You should be able to do more that one thing right, teach, preach, counsel, usher, etc
•Had faces like lions. Have the attitude/mind of a lion.
•Had discipline / strength of a gazelle. Need to endure, disciplined & not give up.
1Chron 11v11-25-47, 12v1-2, 8, 17-18, 21-22, 38
1 Chr 11:11 And this is the number [thirty, and list] of DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN: Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, the chief of the Thirty [captains]. HE LIFTED UP HIS SPEAR AGAINST 300, WHOM HE SLEW AT ONE TIME.
1 Chr 11:12 Next to him in rank was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men.
1 Chr 11:13 He was with David at Pas-dammim [where David had long before slain Goliath], and there the Philistines were gathered for battle, where there was a plot of ground full of barley {or} lentils; and the men [of Israel] fled before the Philistines.
1 Chr 11:14 AND ELEAZAR [ONE OF THE THREE] STOOD IN THE MIDST OF THAT PLOT AND DEFENDED IT AND SLEW THE PHILISTINES [UNTIL HIS HAND WAS WEARY, AND HIS HAND CLEAVED TO THE SWORD], AND THE LORD SAVED BY A GREAT VICTORY {AND} DELIVERANCE.
1 Chr 11:15 Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, and the army of the Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
1 Chr 11:16 David was then in the stronghold, and the Philistines' garrison was in Bethlehem.
1 Chr 11:17 And David longingly said, Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!
1 Chr 11:18 THEN THE THREE [MIGHTY MEN] BROKE THROUGH THE CAMP OF THE PHILISTINES AND DREW WATER OUT OF THE WELL OF BETHLEHEM which was by the gate and brought it to David. But David would not drink it; he poured it out to the Lord,
1 Chr 11:19 And said, My God forbid that I should do this thing. Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? For at the risk of their lives they brought it. So he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
1 Chr 11:20 Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. For he lifted up his spear against 300 and slew them, and was named among the Three.
1 Chr 11:21 Of the Three [in the second rank] he was more renowned than the two, and became their captain; however, he attained not to the first three.
1 Chr 11:22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada, whose father was a valiant man of Kabzeel, had done mighty deeds. HE SLEW THE TWO SONS OF ARIEL OF MOAB. ALSO HE WENT DOWN AND SLEW A LION IN A PIT IN TIME OF SNOW.
1 Chr 11:23 He slew an Egyptian also, a man of great stature, five cubits tall. The Egyptian held a spear like a weaver's beam, and [Benaiah] went to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and slew him with the man's own spear.
1 Chr 11:24 These things did Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men.
1 Chr 11:25 He was renowned among the Thirty, but he did not attain to the rank of the first three. David put him over his guard {and} council.
•The 30 mighty man of David were brave warriors who gave themselves to serving and protecting David. They sacrificed themselves to their king.
•They are listed above because of great things that they achived for David.
•We are also today looking for warriors who will give themselves to serve God and the church.
•What can we count on from you? Where is your strength? Where can we list you as a warrior? What are you going to stand and fight for?
•We need intercessors, musicians, out reachers, leaders, ushers, givers (of resources), etc.
•Where do you fit?
•As your pastor, where can I count on you? Where can I count on your service? I need Young people that I can write or make history with! Are you available?
•They were balanced man, could use both hands. You need to have a balanced ministry & be a balanced leader. You should be able to do more that one thing right, teach, preach, counsel, usher, etc
•Had faces like lions. Have the attitude/mind of a lion.
•Had discipline / strength of a gazelle. Need to endure, disciplined & not give up.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Soldier Mentality 3
Victory is Certain!
• 1 Cor 15:57 But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 2:14 But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Christ's victory] and through us spreads {and} makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere,
• Rom 8:37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors {and} gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.
• Have the attitude and behave or act like you are a warrior
• Heb 2v10, For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• Jesus Captain of our salvation, Heb 2v10, word translated captain also means chief leader and prince
• So, Jesus is part of this war, He is not passively watching us, He led the way and leads us in war even now to effect the “regime change”
• Jesus beat up and defeated the devil, Col 2:15 [God] disarmed the principalities and powers that were ranged against us and made a bold display {and} public example of them, in triumphing over them in Him {and} in it [the cross].
• 1 Cor 15:57 But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 2:14 But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Christ's victory] and through us spreads {and} makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere,
• Rom 8:37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors {and} gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.
• Have the attitude and behave or act like you are a warrior
• Heb 2v10, For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• Jesus Captain of our salvation, Heb 2v10, word translated captain also means chief leader and prince
• So, Jesus is part of this war, He is not passively watching us, He led the way and leads us in war even now to effect the “regime change”
• Jesus beat up and defeated the devil, Col 2:15 [God] disarmed the principalities and powers that were ranged against us and made a bold display {and} public example of them, in triumphing over them in Him {and} in it [the cross].
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