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Just for the podcast really quickly about memorizing scripture, I had one committed to memory and I was doing it every day and then I let it fall by the wayside.

I've picked it back up.

And I think as I've been going back over it, I've been thinking that maybe it's the one thing, this group of

things is something that if I had it every day for the rest of my life, I'd be okay no matter what.

So it goes back, I think I've talked about it before, Colossians 1, 9 through 11,

which is to be filled with the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and understanding,

to walk worthy of the Lord in all pleasing, to be fruitful in every good work,

to be ever increasing in the knowledge of God, to be, what's the word, to be strengthened in all might

according to his glorious power with all patience and long suffering with joyfulness.

Wow. Yeah. You have that.

Like that. That group of characteristics every single day. Yeah.

Ups, downs, left, right, whatever. If you have that, I was walking around the lake today. And I was like, I think if I have that every day, I think I'm okay. Yeah, I love that. And that gives you a script to

pray about, to ask God for these things. Yes, every day. If I have these things every day,

every day I think, I believe I'm going to be all right. And it's hard for me to imagine,

I don't know everything. There's a lot of mystery in the world, but it's hard for me to imagine what I don't know everything, there's a lot of mystery in the world,

but it's hard for me to imagine what I know of God, him going, like if we ask for that, him going,

no.

No.

Not the understanding part.

I don't want you to give you that.

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