Hello, hello, hello ladies and gents, my name is Kirby Kelly and welcome to this week's

episode of the Bot and Beloved podcast. As always, it's your girl, Kirby Kelly, also known as Kirby

as a boss on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok and I'm so ready to talk about today's scripture that I

have set for us today. Now, I don't know about you, but lately, this is something that I've just

observed and I feel as though a lot of people, myself included, have been going through a lot. I know

six people in the last week who have gotten into car accidents. I've had someone really close to me

recently go to the emergency room for head trauma. I know people who have family members who have

recently been diagnosed with cancer. There was a major car wreck that happened literally 10 minutes

ago in front of where I live and it just seems as though there is attack after attack and heartbreak

after heartbreak and hurt after hurt and distraction after distraction, you know, just one tragedy

after the next. And at first, starting the beginning of this week, you know, my own family went through

something really personal. Truth be told, I'm still processing a lot of what happened. And I'm just

asking God for healing, for clarity, for answers. And most importantly, his will to be done.

But I was reminded the other day of a passage of scripture that I think can serve as an encouragement

for us today in light of the attacks, the spiritual warfare, the schemes of the enemy, the hardships

that fall before our feet. And if that's you who needs this today, or maybe you know somebody who needs

this, just send this to them. But whoever's listening to this right now who needs this, I pray that

this episode blesses you. I pray that this episode frees you from fear gives you perspective as to how

to move forward brings you comfort and confidence as to who our God is in and just the schemes that

are up against us from the enemy. So let's get this thing rolling. Shall we? Okay. Our first verse or

our actual verse, our only verse that we are going to be going through today comes from the old

testament from the book of Deuteronomy. And I'm not sure if you've noticed this, but your girl has

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