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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Kanye West filed court documents Tuesday to legally change his name to Y.

He wants to get rid of his full name, Kanye Omari West, in favor of his longtime nickname,

with no middle or last name.

His parents gave him the name he is carried for his 44 years of life, but now he wants to rename himself.

In other news, researchers evaluated more than 5,800 foods and their impact on human health and the environment.

Among their discoveries, eating a serving of nuts could add 26 minutes to your lifespan.

However, eating a single hot dog could cost you 36 minutes of life.

By contrast, prayer has been demonstrated clinically to lower depression and anxiety and reduce anger

and aggression.

Studies also show that prayer can foster a sense

of connection with God and others and strengthen marriages. However, to pray in transformative

ways, we need to name ourselves as our Father sees us. As we continue our week-long series in the Holy Spirit, let's explore

today some practical steps we can take to pray in the Spirit in ways that change our lives

and our world. A woman in Belgium has been banned from the Antwerp Zoo after her four-year-long emotional affair

with a chimpanzee. Their relationship through the glass surrounding the ape's enclosure has become

so close that it is adversely affecting the primates' relationships with the zoo's other chimpanzees.

We were created for intimacy with our creator. When we seek intimacy

outside his intention for us, the results can be damaging to us and others. Seeking such intimacy

with the Almighty is urgent, for tomorrow is promised to no one. Rolling Stone's drummer Charlie

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