December 28 – Speak Up and Shine Bright

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in scripture and relevant
for today, December 28th.

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Speak up and shine bright.
Have you ever watched something

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wrong happen and felt that
battle inside?

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I should say something, but then
fear kicks in.

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Fear of being laughed at, fear
of losing friends, Fear of

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making it worse.
Proverbs chapter 31 verse 8 is

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direct.
Open your mouth for the mute,

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for the rights of all who are
destitute.

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God cares about justice,
kindness, and courage, and He

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calls his people to use their
voices for good, especially for

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those who feel powerless.
And Psalm 148 reminds you that

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your life has a bigger purpose
than fitting in.

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Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
from the heavens, praise Him in

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the heights.
Everything God made is meant to

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point back to Him, including
you.

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Praise isn’t just singing on a
Sunday.

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Praise is how you live on a
Tuesday.

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It’s choosing integrity when
gossip is easy.

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It’s choosing compassion when
people are cruel.

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It’s using your platform,
whether that’s social media or

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your lunch table, to reflect
God’s heart.

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Then First Thessalonians chapter
5 verses 9 to 10 says, For God

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has not destined us for wrath,
but to obtain salvation through

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our Lord Jesus Christ who died
for us so that we might live

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with him.
Jesus didn’t die so you could

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live afraid and silent.
He died so you could live awake,

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clear minded, full of hope, full
of purpose.

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When you know you belong to
Jesus and your future is secure,

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you can speak up with love and
shine with courage, even when it

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costs you something.
So ask God for one brave step,

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one moment of truth spoken
kindly, one act of protection

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for someone being targeted. 1
encouraging message to someone

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who feels invisible.
Your voice matters when it’s

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rooted in Jesus.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
giving me a voice and calling me

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to use it for good.
Give me courage to speak up for

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those who can’t speak for
themselves and wisdom to do it

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with love.
Let my life be praise, shining

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your light in everyday choices.
Thank you for salvation through

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Jesus and help me live awake,
ready and faithful in Jesus

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name, Amen.
Imagine stepping into a new year

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with clarity in your spirit,
strength in your soul, and the

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supernatural backing of heaven
behind every step you take.

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That’s what the Foundations for
a Flourishing Year series

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unlocks.
This seven book prayer and

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aligned year.
Faith for the Year helps you

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strengthen your trust and
confidence in God’s promises.

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Focus for the Year brings
clarity, direction, and divine

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purpose to every decision.
Favor for the Year activates

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supernatural opportunities and
blessings you couldn’t

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manufacture on your own.
Fortitude for the Year equips

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you with courage, resilience,
and strength for every battle.

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Fruitfulness for the Year
empowers you to produce results,

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prosper, and multiply in every
assignment.

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Freedom for the Year breaks
limitations, delays, and

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spiritual resistance.
And Fortress for the Year covers

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aligned with God’s voice and

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Start the year prepared.

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Now I invite you to spend time

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with God in today’s three-year
Bible reading plan.

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Proverbs 31 one to nine world
English Bible The words of King

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Lemuel, the revelation which his
mother taught him.

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Oh my son, oh son of my womb, oh
son of my vows, don’t give your

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strength to women, nor your ways
to that which destroys kings.

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It is not for King’s Lemuel.
It is not for kings to drink

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wine, nor for Princess to say
where is strong.

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Drink, lest they drink and
forget the law and pervert the

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justice due to anyone who is
afflicted.

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Give strong drink to him who is
ready to perish, and wine to the

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bitter in soul.
Let him drink and forget his

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poverty and remember his misery
no more.

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Open your mouth for the mute in
the cause of all who are left

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desolate.
Open your mouth, judge

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righteously, and serve justice
to the poor and needy.

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Psalm 148 World English Bible
Praise Yah, Praise Yahweh from

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the heavens.
Praise Him in the heights,

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praise Him all His angels,
praise Him, all His army, praise

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Him.
Sun and moon, praise Him.

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All you shining stars praise
Him.

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You heavens of heavens, you
waters that are above the

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heavens, let them praise
Yahweh’s name.

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For He commanded and they were
created.

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He has also established them
forever and ever.

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He has made a decree which will
not pass away.

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Praise Yahweh from the earth,
You great sea creatures and all

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depths, Lightning and hail, snow
and clouds, stormy wind,

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fulfilling His word, mountains
and all hills, fruit trees and

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all Cedars, wild animals and all
livestock, small creatures and

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flying birds, Kings of the earth
and all peoples, Princess and

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all judges of the earth, both
young men and maidens, old men

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and children.
Let them praise Yahweh’s name,

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for His name alone is exalted.
His glory is above the earth and

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the heavens.
He has lifted up the horn of his

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people, the praise of all His
Saints, even of the children of

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Israel, a people near to him
praise Yah.

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First Thessalonians 4 to 5 World
English Bible Finally then,

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brothers, we beg and exhort you
in the Lord Jesus.

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That is, you received from us
how you ought to walk, and to

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please God, that you abound more
and more.

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For you know what instructions
we gave you through the Lord

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Jesus.
For this is the will of God,

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your sanctification, that you
abstain from sexual immorality,

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that each one of you know how to
control his own body in

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sanctification and honor, not in
the passion of lust.

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Even as the Gentiles who don’t
know God, that no one should

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take advantage of and wrong a
brother or sister in this

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matter, because the Lord is an
avenger in all these things.

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As also we forewarned you and
testified.

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For God called us not for
uncleanness, but in

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sanctification.
Therefore he who rejects this

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doesn’t reject man, but God, who
has also given His Holy Spirit

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to you.
But concerning brotherly love,

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you have no need that one right
to you.

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For you yourselves are taught by
God to love one another.

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For indeed you do it toward all
the brothers who are in all

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Macedonia.
But we exhort you, brothers,

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that you abound more and more,
and that you make it your

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ambition to lead a quiet life,
and to do your own business and

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to work with your own hands,
even as we instructed you, that

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you may walk properly toward
those who are outside and may

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have need of nothing.
But we don’t want you to be

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ignorant, brothers, concerning
those who have fallen asleep, so

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that you don’t grieve like the
rest who have no hope.

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For if we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, Even so God

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will bring with him those who
have fallen asleep in Jesus.

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For this we tell you by the word
of the Lord, that we who are

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alive, who are left until the
coming of the Lord, will in no

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way precede those who have
fallen asleep.

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For the Lord himself will
descend from heaven with a

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shout, with the voice of the
Archangel, and with God’s

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trumpet.
The dead in Christ will rise

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first.
Then we who are alive, who are

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left, will be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet

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the Lord in the air.
So we will be with the Lord

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forever.
Therefore comfort one another

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with these words, but concerning
the times and the seasons.

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Brothers, you have no need that
anything be written to you.

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For you yourselves know well
that the day of the Lord comes

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like a thief in the night.
For when they are saying peace

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and safety, then sudden
destruction will come on them

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like birth pains on a pregnant
woman, Then they will in no way

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escape.
But you, brothers, aren’t in

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darkness that the day should
overtake you like a thief.

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You are all children of light
and children of the day.

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We don’t belong to the night,
nor to darkness.

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So then let’s not sleep as the
rest do, but let’s watch and be

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sober for those who sleep, sleep
in the night, and those who are

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drunk are drunk in the night.
But since we belong to the day,

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let’s be sober, putting on the
breastplate of faith and love,

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and for a helmet the hope of
salvation.

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For God didn’t appoint us to
wrath, but to the obtaining of

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salvation through our Lord Jesus
Christ, who died for us, that

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whether we wake or sleep, we
should live together with Him.

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Therefore exhort one another and
build each other up, even as you

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also do.
But we beg you, brothers, to

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know those who labor among you
and are over you in the Lord,

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and admonish you, and to respect
and honor them in love for their

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work’s sake.
Be at peace among yourselves.

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We exhort you, brothers,
admonish the disorderly,

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encourage the faint hearted,
support the weak, Be patient

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toward all.
See that no one returns evil for

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evil to anyone, but always
follow after that which is good

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for one another and for all.
Always rejoice.

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Pray without ceasing in
everything.

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Give thanks, for this is the
will of God in Christ Jesus

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toward you.
Don’t quench the Spirit.

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Don’t despise prophecies.
Test all things and hold firmly

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that which is good.
Abstain from every form of evil.

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May the God of peace Himself
sanctify you completely.

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May your whole spirit, soul and
body be preserved blameless at

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the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ.

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He who calls you as faithful,
who will also do it.

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Brothers, pray for us.
Greet all the brothers with a

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holy kiss.
I solemnly command you by the

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Lord that this letter be read.
To all the holy brothers, the

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grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you.

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Amen.
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