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One of the greatest guarantees we have as believers, as children of the Lord, is that our Father leads us.
Morning prayer encouraging trust in God's daily guidance, based on scripture and personal testimony.
Key Takeaways
- God faithfully leads and provides for those who trust Him.
- Trusting God’s guidance is a process that starts with daily commitment.
- Recognizing God’s voice requires consistent practice and spiritual discernment.
- Following God’s lead results in clearer paths and better decision-making.
- Believers are encouraged to surrender control and rely fully on God’s direction.
Summary
- God promises to lead and guide believers daily, as emphasized in Isaiah 58:11 and other scriptures.
- Trusting God’s guidance is essential but can vary across different life areas like finances, relationships, and healing.
- The journey of trusting God’s leading is gradual and begins by committing to trust Him one day at a time.
- Allowing God to lead requires willingness to follow and recognize His voice through scripture and experience.
- God’s guidance clears obstacles and helps believers make better decisions with both natural and supernatural support.
- Knowing God’s voice comes from consistent listening, following, and discerning between His voice and strangers’ voices.
- The speaker shares a personal testimony about learning to trust God’s provision and leadership in financial struggles.
- The video encourages viewers to commit to following God’s voice and invites them to a prayer of surrender and trust.
- Scriptural references include Isaiah 58:11, Isaiah 55:11, Numbers 23:19, Proverbs 3:5-6, Isaiah 45:2, Isaiah 30:21, and John 10:27.
- The prayer emphasizes repentance for past distrust and a renewed commitment to seek God’s leading daily.
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The Bible mentions this truth countless times, and one particular scripture we will look at today before we pray together
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is found in Isaiah 58, verse 11.
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And it says, The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
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This is just one of many.
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We see the promise of the Lord's guidance in individual promises throughout scripture, and we see it in the stories of men and women that walked with the Lord.
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We see how the Lord has led them through valleys, through deserts, wildernesses, difficult situations, and how he guided their daily life,
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and I believe he does the same today for those who trust him. If there is one thing we can be sure of, one thing we can bet our lives on, it's that God doesn't change.
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If God says he will do something, he isn't just saying it to get our hopes up, he means it, and particularly when he speaks through the pages of his word, you can definitely be sure that whatever he says will come to pass.
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The Bible says in Isaiah 55, verse 11, So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
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Numbers 23:19 also assures us, God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
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That's why I know that if God says he will lead us, if he says he will go before us, then he means it.
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In fact, I feel we don't give God enough credit for how much he is willing to be with us in our struggles and lead us.
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There was a time in my life when I discovered that I got unsettled easily whenever I felt I didn't have enough.
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I didn't like when contracts dwindled.
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I didn't like when my bank account went down.
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I was constantly agitated because I felt like all of these things relied on me.
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I had to make it work,
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and I became worked up when it didn't work out.
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I needed things to work.
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I claimed to be a Christian,
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but I didn't really trust the Lord to lead me in this particular area of my life.
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It took a while, a long while, but one day,
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I came to an understanding.
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I came to realize that, one, I wasn't really trusting God in this part of my life.
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When I did start trusting him, I realized that he's made provision for me in this area,
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and I just had to trust him to lead me through it.
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And I asked him to.
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I told him I was going to trust him through it,
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and that was how the trusting began,
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and he began to lead me.
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The beginning was rocky, and sometimes I still don't let him lead as I should, but I asked.
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I trusted.
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Am I at the place where I trust God a hundred percent to lead me?
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I don't know, but I know he probably started with me at zero.
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This journey taught me a few things I'd like to point out this morning.
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One, I found that we can trust God differently on different issues.
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We commit things to God differently.
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Some believe in God leading them through their financial life but don't trust him to lead them through other areas, say family, relationships, healing, or even through emotional pain.
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And if we don't trust God on an issue, we really aren't open to him leading us through it,
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and we need to trust God through all, through everything.
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The Bible says in Proverbs 3, verses 5 to 6,
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Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.
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Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.
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The second thing I noticed in my own experience is that trusting the Lord to lead us is a journey,
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and that journey is gradual.
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That gradual process, however, doesn't start without a commitment.
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You have to start by trusting the Lord to go before you and lead you a day at a time.
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Asking him to lead you daily is most important
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because if you can't trust God to lead you for a day, you definitely can't trust him for a month.
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It has to start with the most basic, the lowest value of time you have and can abide with.
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You have to be able to give that to him.
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You have to let him lead you through that first.
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It is when you allow him to lead you that things change,
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and believe me,
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you have to allow the Lord to lead you.
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You have to be willing to follow because God can't lead someone who doesn't follow him.
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No one can really.
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The Bible says in Isaiah 45, verse 2, when the Lord was speaking to Cyrus, he said,
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I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron.
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And that is what he is saying to all of us this morning.
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When the Lord leads you, he goes before you and clears your path.
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When the Lord is in charge of your life, you make better decisions, better choices.
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You see better.
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You have the help of not just the natural, but also the supernatural world, the heavenly realm.
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That is the advantage God's leading offers us.
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Also, besides the fact that the journey of God leading us daily helps us to make better decisions,
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it also attunes us to knowing the voice of God.
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It helps us to know when God is speaking.
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It strengthens our discernment.
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The Bible says in Isaiah 30, verse 21, that,
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Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, 'This is the way, walk in it,' Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left.
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When this voice speaks, you recognize it,
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and it's only by that recognition that we can be led properly.
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People who have given themselves to following the leading of God know his voice.
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They know when the Lord speaks.
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That's one of the ways we train ourselves to hear the voice of God.
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It's how we train ourselves to know what he is saying each time:
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by constantly listening, by constantly following.
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Scripture says in John 10, verse 27,
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My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
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John 10, verse 5, also says something profound.
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It says,
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And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
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This means that these sheep have learnt and been able to discern the shepherd's voice by constantly following his lead,
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constantly listening to him.
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They know the voice of a stranger.
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They know when it's not the shepherd.
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They know when it's not the Lord.
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That is a perfect picture of what we must become as believers.
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We must be so used to following the leading of the Lord that we already know his voice.
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We know what he says because we have walked with him, gone through his word, learnt his voice, and we know him.
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If you are ready to commit to following his voice this morning, if you are saying in your heart,
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Lord, teach me to follow you, go before me, and lead me today,
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then I congratulate you and invite you to say this prayer this morning,
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a prayer to invite him into your day.
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Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank you for this morning and for this word.
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Thank you for explaining it and causing me to see light in it.
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Thank you for using this word to open my eyes.
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Thank you for being intentional about my life because I know I didn't receive this devotional by accident.
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You made it possible for me to see it, hear it, and be blessed by it.
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Thank you, Lord.
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Heavenly Father, I know I have not been faithful or stable in following your leading.
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I have not always treated your direction with the seriousness it deserves.
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Many times, I have gone ahead of you.
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I have done things on my own, trusted my thoughts, leaned on my understanding, and made decisions that seemed right in the moment.
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I have not truly keyed into the leading you have made available to your children, your sheep, those who belong to you.
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Lord, I acknowledge this before you today.
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I apologize because I know I have not made you a part of my life in this area as I should.
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I have not acknowledged you as I should.
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I have not paused enough to ask what you were saying or waited enough to hear your instruction.
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I have often preferred my own pace, plans, and reasoning, and for that, Lord, I ask your mercy.
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Father, this morning I ask that you help me to follow you.
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Teach me what it means to truly lean into your leading and not merely speak about it.
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Help me to become more attuned to when you are speaking to me.
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Help me, Lord, to know what you are saying at every point in time.
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Let this become a real part of me.
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Let it not be a rare or occasional experience, but let it become a way of life for me.
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I ask that being attentive to your words, whether you speak to me through scripture, through peace in my spirit, through conviction, or through a gentle nudge in the right path, would become as natural and as steady as breathing.
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Train my heart to pause before you.
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Train my spirit to listen.
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Train my life to respond.
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And Father, I know there are many voices in the world.
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Many of them are not you, but they want to be heard regardless.
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Lord, I do not submit myself to these voices,
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I submit myself to you.
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Help me to know when you are speaking.
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Help me to know when it is you that is leading me.
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Fill me with a renewed spirit that is able to discern truth from lie, a spirit that is able to discern your voice from that of the stranger.
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I refuse to be deceived even as I learn to follow your lead in this journey.
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Father, I know also that one of the ways I can be sure of when you are speaking is by knowing your voice, by knowing what you can say, by knowing your heart through your word.
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And I know that the way to grow in this is to stay in your word and let your word abide richly in me.
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So this morning, Lord, I ask for the grace to be committed to a life of studying scripture.
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Help me to be committed to a life that truly prioritizes your word.
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I ask that you would give me a deep hunger for your word today.
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Let there be in me a fresh desire to sit with scripture, to meditate on it, to understand it, and to treasure it.
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Let it not be difficult for me to settle down and read through scripture from this moment on.
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Remove every resistance.
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Remove distraction, laziness, inconsistency, and every excuse that keeps me from feeding on your truth.
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Help me to have a study life.
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Help me to love your word, to return to it daily, and to build my thoughts around what you have said.
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Let your word shape my decisions, direct my steps, and become the standard by which I recognize your leading.
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Heavenly Father, I thank you because I know you have heard me this morning.
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I thank you because from now on, you lead me, you go before me, and you show me which way to go, what to do, and you make the crooked places straight.
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Thank you, Lord, for this beautiful day.
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Thank you for what you're about to do, and thank you for this new journey that is starting today.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Thank you for saying this prayer with me this morning, and from now on, the Lord goes before you and leads you.
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Don't forget to always start your day by saying this prayer: "Lord, go before me and lead me today."
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Also, please share in the comment section any part of today's devotional that was a blessing to you.
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If there is anything you have been trusting God for, do drop it in the comment section as well so we can pray for you today.
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Once again, thank you for joining us this morning, and have a blessed day ahead.
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