Hey everybody, this is Heidi St. John.

Welcome to Off the Bench with Heidi St. John today's August 13th.

This is Thursday, episode 978.

I'm so excited that you've joined me today is my little Thursday shout out, a little

shot in the arm for you and we're going to talk about how Jesus has a passion for cities.

Stick around, I think you're going to be encouraged.

Thanks for tuning in today you guys.

I want to say thank you again to everybody who's leaving reviews for the podcast over at

iTunes.

I keep forgetting to ask.

I keep forgetting to ask as is my custom.

So you guys for some of you know that those reviews are very important to the health and

growth of the podcast.

So if you've never left a review for us or if you'd like to leave another one, you can

do that guy by simply going over to iTunes and sharing this podcast with other people.

So I want to thank you guys for doing that.

Also want to remind you that this is a great time to join us at Mom Strong International.

You can become a part of our scripture writing community there and also become a part of

the Bible study community.

We have a passion and are absolutely committed to seeing you guys rightly divide God's word

to understand it, to know it, to apply it to your everyday lives and then stand back

and watch what God will do as you get on to the battlefield with the sword, which is

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