Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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✝️ DAILY DEVOTIONAL, March 22, 2021
Thanks again!
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The Mississippi Delta blues is timeless. This could be 70 years ago . . .or it could be today.
A Little Leaven And Lost Blessing
By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
It is difficult, if not impossible, to determine from Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians, just what the Galatian believers thought the rite of circumcision would accomplish for them spiritually. We doubt that they knew themselves, but the Judaizers had come in among them and had captured their attention so that these, who had been so gloriously saved by grace, now “desired to be under the law” (Gal. 4:21). They did not deny the efficacy of the finished work of Christ, but they were interested — just interested — in submitting to a religious ceremony which would in itself be a denial of the all-sufficiency of His redemptive work (3:1; 5:2-4). Result: the blessing was already vanishing (5:14) and the Apostle had to warn them: “A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump” (5:9). You can’t admit a little leaven and expect it to stop there.
With the Corinthians it was rather a case of countenancing moral wrong. One of their members had been living in grievous sin. But then, their number was large, and he was just one, and the congregation as a whole abounded in spiritual gifts. Feeling quite satisfied with themselves, therefore, they simply overlooked this disgrace to the name of Christ. But listen to Paul’s — God’s — view of the matter:
“And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you” (I Cor. 5:2).
“Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
“Purge out therefore the old leaven…” (Vers. 6,7).
In these days when both spiritual error and moral wrong are made so palatable, when apostate unbelief and worldliness are presented so appetizingly, we do well to take heed to the Spirit’s warning to quickly purge out the “little leaven” that threatens to permeate the whole loaf.
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/a-little-leaven-and-lost-blessing/
Galatians 4:21 ¶ Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
Galatians 3:1 ¶ O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
Galatians 5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Galatians 5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
1Corinthians 5:2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
1Corinthians 5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7 ¶ Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/03/are_we_following_the_science.html
THE BURNING HEART
“Did not our heart burn within us?” Luke xxiv. 32
We need to learn this secret of the burning heart. Suddenly Jesus appears to us, the fires are kindled, we have wonderful visions, then we have to learn to keep the secret of the burning heart that will go through anything. It is the dull, bald, dreary, commonplace day, with commonplace duties and people, that kills the burning heart unless we have learned the secret of abiding with Jesus.
Much of our distress as Christians comes not because of sin, but because we are ignorant of the laws of our own nature. For instance, the only test as to whether we ought to allow an emotion to have its way is to see what the outcome of the emotion will be. Push it to its logical conclusion, and if the outcome is something God would condemn, allow it no more way. But if it be an emotion kindled by the Spirit of God and you do not let that emotion have its right issue in your life, it will react on a lower level. That is the way sentimentalists are made. The higher the emotion is, the deeper the degradation will be, if it is not worked out on its proper level. If the Spirit of God has stirred you, make as many things inevitable as possible, let the consequences be what they will. We cannot stay on the mount of transfiguration, but we must obey the light we received there; we must act it out. When God gives a vision, transact business on that line, no matter what it cost.
“We cannot kindle when we will
The fire which in the heart resides,
The spirit bloweth and is still,
In mystery our soul abides;
But tasks in hours of insight will’d
Can be through hours of gloom fulfill’d.”
Oswald Chambers
March 22nd Devotional
Scenes Beyond the Grave – Marietta Davis
Chapter XXII – The Forlorn and Doomed Being
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The group, encouraged by the manifestation of returning life, renewed their efforts to restore him. This, too, was futile. They had no power to assuage his grief, or restore the lost health of body or spirit. While they thus struggled, a light descended, and lo! I saw that they were also in like condition of body and spirit, save that the effect had not manifested itself in them so perfectly. Nevertheless, the result was equally as certain. This they began to perceive, whereupon they exclaimed, “Is there no help?” “No help in the arm of the flesh,” answered a voice familiar to me, but I knew not whence it came. “Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots?” continued that voice. “How shall the unstrung instrument tune itself? ~ Yea, how shall the dying, those who are already victims, restore departing vitality? Shall they escape the doom awaiting them by the strength of their prostrate energies? Nay, where’er they go, there is no relief. Help must descend from above, or hope shall not appear.”
As the scene closed an angel addressed the multitude saying, “The gloomy region just revealed is a view of earth, the birthplace of mortals. The forlorn being, that of man, who there suffers unnumbered ills, physical, moral and spiritual, and who often struggles to overcome and to arise above them.
“His ineffectual efforts reveal his inability to save himself.”
“The spirit which arose as the body yielded, represents the immortal nature which though the body perish shall exist in a more acutely sensitive state, and its sinking in despair, portrays the great truth that the death of the body can in no wise relieve the soul from moral or spiritual degradation.”
“The group of friends represent human sympathy, which inclines members of the race to seek relief from sorrow, by mutual aid; that principle which prompts the more benevolent and philanthropic to devise means, and to prosecute plans for the alleviation of the sufferings of man.”
“Those, who indulge this principle feel another’s woe. They deeply sympathize with those who endure pain and anguish from whatever cause. But being in like condition, and by seeking to remove evil from the world, and to elevate man through human devices and in their own strength, fail in the result although apparent relief may inspire transient hope. For this reason, earth’s reformers have encountered repeated failures until disheartened they sink into despair; and are often finally led to discover fundamental want in themselves.”
“Thus hath it been with man from age to age. Periods have succeeded periods, and each have had their philanthropists who have struggled through a weary existence, but without attaining the goal of their purpose.”
“Oft the race, to human appearance, have approached the dawn of a better day; and those who have labored to that end, have sung earth’s jubilee. But ere they have emerged from the gloomy plains, they have felt the triumph of inbred disease. The ground upon which they stood, hath yielded to the pressure; and the muscle upon which they relied relaxed, quitting its hold. The rock became a sliding sands, and the strength of their hope and effort, weakness. Thus, when they supposed victory won, the heights attained, sudden quaking has seized the world of mind, which in its convulsive throes, hath precipitated them into a still deeper abyss. Thus shall it ever be, until men cleave unto the Lord, who alone is a sure defense and a stronghold in the day of trouble – upon whose shoulders rests the government; and in whom, and by whom, all things subsist. The voice which from above declared that help was not in the arm of flesh, was that of Truth, which ever seeks to reveal to man his true condition, and to awaken him to a sense of his degradation, and to enforce the doctrine of salvation through the Lord Jesus.”
To be continued…
Verse of the Day for Monday, March 22, 2021
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“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”
John 13:35 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
Amen.
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.
Pope Benedict XVI names humanitarian Ambassador for Benin.
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March 16, 2021: His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI totally demolished the claims of Massimo Franco of La Stampa, who at the beginning of this month claimed to have held an interview with Benedict which confirmed that Bergoglio is the pope.
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In his own quite way, he did so by granting an audience, yesterday, to Lorenzo Festicini, who heads a non profit which aids the poor in west Africa and a photo op. — It is standard practice to grant a photo op to visitors of state and friends. No photo op, as with Massimo Franco of the Stampa means unwanted guest, at best.
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https://fromrome.info/2021/03/16/pope-benedict-xvi-names-humanitarian-ambassador-for-benin/
Some encouragement for today, and moving forward, to continue on. Don’t miss the Ronald Reagan quote.
Back when one of my nieces was little one Easter weekend she accompanied me as I was preparing the garden and flower beds for spring planting. We found a brood of baby bunnies hiding under my hydrangea bushes.
She asked me where baby bunnies come from. So, thinking quickly, I showed her some bunny droppings in the grass and told her they were “bunny eggs”, and if she planted them little bunnies would grow, just like planting these flower and vegetable seeds.
Well, a couple weeks later her mother *my sister* called me to let me know that she found a pint jar full of “bunny eggs” in the refrigerator that my niece was saving to plant and grow bunnies. My sister wasn’t pleased then, but we all laugh about it now.
LOL. Many years ago, my mom and dad were traveling through the desert and had stopped over for a while. They were out walking and finding the seeds of different plants. Finally, my mother asked my dad what would grow from those “big brown seeds” and he said, “Rabbits, I guess.” We all laughed about that for years.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen ?
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm Septuagint (Psalm 51 KJV)
The Great Lenten Prayer of Saint Ephraim of Syria (+ 373)
“O Lord and Master of my life, . . .”
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Mornin’ infidels!
Funny!
Mornin’ WeeWeed
Evenin’ DI!
Mornin’ WeeWeed.
Evenin’ MoPar!
Joe Bastardi and his gang at Weatherbell are still “bullish” on a more active than average tornado season.
Forecasts Denver and the Rockies to get “hammered” with more snow before Easter making it a fantastic ski season.
Higher than average temps will predominate for the next 2-3 weeks with summer like temps on some days in the east but lower than average for the west and north west.
Atlantic Hurricane season set up looking similar to last year meaning a more active than average season.
Video is ~30 minutes
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/watch-priest-unloads-on-pro-abortion-catholics-in-recorded-sermon
Father William Kosko, Pastor of St. Henry’s Parish, Buckeye, Arizona
Despite this, “we’ve just elected a Catholic president who is diametrically opposed to all of the basic moral principles proclaimed by the Roman Catholic Church. Not only abortion and the sanctity of human life, but the sanctity of marriage and this gender silliness.”
Given that Biden claims to be a Catholic, Kosko blames the U.S. bishops for his political successes as well as the advance of the pro-abortion cause, since those bishops “have been silent for 60 years through bad catechesis and cowardice.” Except for “a few papers here and there,” they have done little to halt the current situation of nearly 1 million babies being killed through abortion each year.
~ ON THIS DAY in MISSIONARY HISTORY ~
March 22, 1758 – Jonathan Edwards, the greatest theologian in American history and a man most closely associated with the Great Evangelical Awakening in North America, died from smallpox vaccination, after serving just one month as President of Princeton University.
ACE index for 2020. Accumulated Cyclone Energy. Global Tropical Cyclone Activity | Ryan Maue (climatlas.com)
Yearly average 1981 to 2010
BASIN YEARLY AVERAGE 1981 to 2010 2020
Northern Hemisphere 568 436
Western N. Pacific 302 149
Eastern+Cent N. Pacific 138 77
North Atlantic 104 183
North Indian 18 26
Southern Hemisphere 212 144
Global 765 584
As one can see only the North Atlantic had a higher than average season last year. Everywhere else on this globe was below average. Since “Climate Change” is supposed to be global, this clearly indicates that claims of storms getting stronger are false. The Western N. Pacific basin is where the strongest tropical cyclones develop in the form of Typhoons and last year it was less than half of the average.
If one clicks on the link above and scrolls down they will see graphs which show the trends since 1970 and those graphs also make it clear that there has been no increase in either incidence or strength of tropical cyclones globally.
I have no idea why the tabs I used to format the above did not carry over when I posted. I composed the above right here in the comment section. That sucks!
Experimenting with both tt and pre tags:
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Yearly average 1981 to 2010
BASIN YEARLY AVERAGE 1981 to 2010 2020
Northern Hemisphere 568 436
Western N. Pacific 302 149
Eastern+Cent N. Pacific 138 77
North Atlantic 104 183
North Indian 18 26
Southern Hemisphere 212 144
Global 765 584
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Yearly average 1981 to 2010
BASIN YEARLY AVERAGE 1981 to 2010 2020
Northern Hemisphere 568 436
Western N. Pacific 302 149
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North Atlantic 104 183
North Indian 18 26
Southern Hemisphere 212 144
Global 765 584
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Edited: Well, that didn’t work. The only html tags that seem to work are p and br. The markup language for cell phones seems to be very limited; not enough working memory.
Thanks for trying. Any way one cuts it there is absolutely no correlation between the incidence, frequency, or intensity of tropical cyclones and atmospheric CO2 concentration. Granted the oceans have warmed a bit, but that to has had no effect on tropical cyclones in any way.
Like they have always done, the alarmists only focus on any place where there is extreme weather and ignore what is going on in the rest of the world if it does not support their claims.
IOW day in and day out they LIE. They intentionally deceive day after day. This truck driver would gladly take on any of the so called “meteorologists” that hype climate change any time and wipe the floor with them. I would guarantee that they would resort to saying, without a single bit of evidence, that the scientists who’s work I would reference are “Big oil shills”. They have made that claim many times against those that dispute their claims and provide the scientific evidence that refutes their lies.
All alarmist groups are full of liars.
Some years ago in February, a woman at work was troubled by the melting she had just seen on tv happening in Antarctica. I reminded her it was summertime down there, ice melts in summer. She didn’t believe me.
The following 46 minute video provides a Holocaust survivor’s assessment of current Pandemic responses and reflects upon the comparisons to the T-4 program during the Holocaust. She identifies the various American corporations whose efforts enabled the Holocaust then …and now.
FF to 10:52 in the video to hear her discuss how several U.S. governors sent infected elderly people to nursing homes knowing that they lacked essential safeguards to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
<blockquote>”Before he issued the executive order that sent 15,000 (more than 15,000) human beings to death, Governor Cuomo of New York State predicted that<b> “the virus would be like fire through dry grass in nursing homes.”</b>
The corporate media, academy of science, awarded Governor Cuomo an Emmy for his TV performances that were billed as – what were they billed as – there are always euphamisms, but the point was, he was giving the happenings of how the virus was progressing and what was being done. The implication was that the White House wasn’t doing it, so he was doing it for them. These were briefings. Briefings. That was the term that was being used. Of course, we have since found out since The Attorney General’s report that it was all a lie and that he concealed, he concealed the number of deaths. So he knew. When people conceal a crime, they know it’s a crime.”</blockquote>
 
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=vladtepesblog/mhrwvxmw&jwsource=cl
hat tip: VladTepesblog.com
Peter B on March 22, 2021 at 2:16 am said:
The Pernkopf anatomy atlas is a nauseating example both of the perversion of medicine in Nazi Germany and the collaboration of elite US physicians and medical journals long after WWII.
“Eduard Pernkopf’s Atlas of Topographical and Applied Human Anatomy has been called “a tainted beauty.” The atlas consists of 800 exquisite watercolor paintings of human anatomy, and is considered a “masterpiece,” “a work of lasting scientific importance” that has been used by doctors and researchers around the world. But the Atlas is haunted by the murdered bodies of human beings who had not consented, neither to their murder or to be used as specimens for research or “models” for scientific illustration.
“Dr. Eduard Pernkopf (1888–1955) was an ardent, politically active Austrian-Nazi; the signatures of the artists who painted the illustrations in his atlas include Nazi insignia.
“His first action in his capacity as dean of the medical school at the University of Vienna, Pernkopf expelled all Jews from the faculty — 153 of the 197 faculty members, among them, three Nobel Laureates. Some of these were deported to concentration camps like Theresienstadt and Dachau, in which only a few survived. Others committed suicide and the fate of others are unknown. In his official speech to his selectively chosen faculty, Pernkopf reminded them of their professional duty “of eliminating the genetically unfit and defective . . . by sterilization and other means” (Ruiz. Pernkopf Anatomy Atlas, 2007).”
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“The first detailed investigation into the creation of Pernkopf’s atlas was by David Williams, Professor of Medical Illustration (the School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University), and an admirer of the atlas’ esthetics, who found evidence of its Nazi background. His article was published in 1988 (Hildebrandt, 2006). The third English Edition of the atlas (1990, in which the tell-tale traces of the Nazi derivation have been air-brushed) received glowing reviews in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) with no mention of its Nazi association or any ethical problems to be considered.”
https://ahrp.org/1933-1953-eduard-pernkopfs-atlas-of-topographical-and-applied-human-anatomy-a-tainted-beauty/
I am wondering, does anyone else think these kids on the border are actually kids that were rescued from pedophile sex trafficking rings?
Here’s a really good article on holiness and the place it has in our lives.
https://billygraham.org/story/choosing-the-path-of-holiness/
Happy Birthday to Benjamin Tyler Henry, the Father of America’s Rifle.
Born in 1821. The legacy of his lever action rifle invention lives on to this very day.
Blaming the wind must be a ChiCom thing: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-denies-incursion-200-ships-dock-whitsun-reef-philippines-14464464
What a georgous old instrument! Thanks, Dora.
“awaiting approval”
No one can get in the way of the eugenicist’s plans
https://rairfoundation.com/breaking-famous-doctor-develops-safe-vaccine-against-covid-germany-prosecutes-him-video/
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and his family as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen…
“We can talk it out”https://manilastandard.net/index.php/mobile/article/350157 Is Winnie on the move? https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/03/chilling-warning-as-china-philippines-tension-escalates-in-south-china-sea-over-fishing-
vessels.html
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3126490/philippines-must-protest-over-beijings-little-blue-men-or-waive
Antifa, the enforcement arm of the democrat party.
Just like KKK, the enforcement are of the democrat party.
Democrats do not rule by the will of the people, but by force and intimidation. Thugs.
Does this website have any plans to provide links to other conservative news sites? The previous platform had convenient link options. Or Sundance’s twitter feed also?
Thank you.
Good evening, 🙂
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