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I have been dealing with severe anxiety for

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the past three months and it's interfering with

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so many positive aspects of my life.

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I would love to hear the Lord's and

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your wise words and thoughts on this subject.

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Well, we pray, my beloved, for you to

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recover fully from this anxiety and to come

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back to your normal duties and be always

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strong, built on the rock of salvation, who

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is our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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What does the Holy Bible say?

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Well, very briefly, I will refer you to

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the epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians,

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Philippians chapter 4, verses 6 to 7, and

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we will read that to you.

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Philippians 4, verses 6 to 7.

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St. Paul says, do not be anxious about

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anything, but in every situation, by prayer, number

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one, and petition, number two.

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Do not be anxious about anything, but in

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every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,

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present your requests to God and the peace

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of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard

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you, will guard your hearts and your minds

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in Christ Jesus.

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What a beautiful, beautiful two verses in the

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epistle to the Philippians chapter 4, verses 6

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and 7.

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St. Paul says, do not be anxious about

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anything, but in every situation, by prayer and

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petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God

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and the peace of God, which transcends all

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understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds

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in Christ Jesus.

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Why do we become anxious?

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Here's the question.

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Every time, any one of us, my beloved,

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it's not just you, any one of us,

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we get placed in a situation, in front

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of a situation, where we do not see

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the outcome of it.

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So the future of this situation is obscure,

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unknown.

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Every time I am placed in front of

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a situation, the future of it is unknown,

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obscure, I become anxious.

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You know why?

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Because the Lord God created me on, based

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on love, and with love came freedom, and

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with freedom came choices, and with choices came

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the will to decide to do or not

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to do, to say or not to say.

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Since I am created in the image and

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likeness of God, I am created on the

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basis of love, with love freedom, with freedom

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choices, with choices the will.

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Since I am free, whenever I don't know

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what the outcome of my current situation, I

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become anxious of what the future holds for

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me.

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I'm worried.

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What's going to happen to me tomorrow?

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What's going to happen to my family, to

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my children?

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What's going to happen with my, with my

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work?

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Am I going to find a job tomorrow?

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Am I going to be able to pay

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this?

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Am I going to be able to get

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married?

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Am I going to be able to be

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successful in business?

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Am I going to be able to continue

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walking in the Lord's path as a faithful,

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as a faithful Christian?

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All kind of questions come through our minds,

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our heads, and that makes us anxious about

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the unknown future.

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St. Paul, in his epistles of the Philippians,

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chapter 4, verses 6 and 7, he says,

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in every situation, be in prayer and in

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petition.

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Give your request through the prayer, give your

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request to God, and what is God going

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to do for you?

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And the peace of God, which transcends all

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understanding.

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Who is the peace of God?

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Christ.

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That's why, in the end of verse 7,

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he says, in Christ, Jesus.

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I wish I had the time, why St.

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Paul mentions Christ before Jesus.

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In some places, you'll see St. Paul says,

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Jesus Christ, and in some other places, you'll

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see St. Paul saying, Christ Jesus.

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Is there a difference?

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Huge.

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When you come to God, and put every

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concern, put every request, put every anxiety, put

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every unknown and the known, everything, in every

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situation, whatever the situation may be, whether it

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be difficult or easy, small or huge, whether

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it be a small stone or a huge

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bulldoze that you cannot carry anymore, all your

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burdens given to God, in all situations, in

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prayer and in petitions and requests.

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And when you give that to God, and

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the God of peace, the God of peace,

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well, the peace of God is Christ.

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Because the only way I received that inner

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peace, where I became reunited once again with

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God, that was only made possible when Jesus

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Christ died on the cross.

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But why St. Paul says, in Christ Jesus.

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Christ Jesus is the peace of God.

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Christ, he's referring to the church, because in

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his epistle to the Ephesians, chapter 5, St.

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Paul says, the church is the body of

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Christ, not Jesus.

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We receive the body of Christ when we

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come to Sunday Holy Mass.

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We receive the body and blood of Christ,

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not Jesus.

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Some people misinterpret, misunderstand how the Bible talks.

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What St. Paul is telling you, my beloved

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and all of us, you want to be

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anxious free, put everything in God's hand, but

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do it through Christ Jesus, who is the

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peace of God.

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Me, be close to the church.

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Now, how are we attached to the church,

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to Christ?

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Well, since St. Paul in Ephesians 5 says,

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the church is the body of Christ and

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Christ is the head.

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So how are we attached to Christ?

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Through the neck.

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The neck attaches the head to the body.

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The neck, biblically speaking, represents faith.

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When you have faith in the Lord, that

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he has already done everything good for you.

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When you have faith in the Lord, that

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he has already delivered you, that he has

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already paid the price on your behalf, that

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he has already redeemed you, that he has

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already placed you in the core of his

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heart, that he has already given you the

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kingdom of God, that he has already made

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you the child of God, that he has

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already made you the heir to the throne.

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You are the inheritor of the heavenly land,

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the heavenly Jerusalem.

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When you believe in every promise Christ our

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Lord and Savior has done and fulfilled and

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given you and promised you, you will not

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be worried about absolutely nothing.

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Be strong, have faith in the Lord Jesus.

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Be strong my beloved.

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Do not be afraid of the world and

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what is in the world and who rules

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the world, who is Satan.

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Because Satan was crushed under the feet of

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our Lord on Calvary, on the cross.

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So the ruler of the world is crushed

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under your Christ's feet.

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Why are you worried?

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Do not be anxious.

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Whatever is coming tomorrow, put it in God's

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hand and God will give you peace through

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his Son who died for you and rose

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from the dead for you.

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When you have faith in this, and I'm

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not just saying, talking, saying it.

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You need to live it.

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Live it.

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When you invoke the name of Christ, there

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is more than enough power in this name

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to give you the heaven of all heavens

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my dear.

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Just by invoking this name, it is more

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than enough to save you forever.

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Then why are you worried?

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Stand up and be strong and say, Lord

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in your name I will walk forward, never

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look back.

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In your name Lord I am triumphant.

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No matter how many times I fall along

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the way, you will always raise me back

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on my feet.

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For you are the Savior.

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You are the Redeemer of all of us

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and you are always known to save.

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Jesus our Lord, he never begins a journey

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without completing it.

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He will never stop halfway.

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He will never let you down.

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He will never forsake you.

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He will always look over you and watch

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over you and protect you in your going

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and in your coming, in your sleep and

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in your awakening.

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In every single moment, Jesus Christ is there

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for you.

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Be happy.

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Rejoice.

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No more anxiety.