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    God is opening doors for gospel outreach between women.

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    Christā€™s church can offer todayā€™s youth something they desperately need: real connection.

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    Our loving Lord is in the business of asking what appears impossible, so that when we encounter change, we can meet it with joyful confidence and resiliency.

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