2026: The Separation: Ep. 7: The Year God Draws the Divine Line

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Welcome to the Diary of a Black Woman podcast, where we pray bold prayers,

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walk in bold faith, and expect a bold God to show up.

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I'm your host, Connie Morris, and we open every episode with the same unshakable

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confidence Jabez had in 1 Chronicles 4.10.

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Lord, bless me indeed, enlarge my territory, let your hand be with me,

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keep me from evil, and keep me from causing pain. And the Bible says,

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God granted his request.

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So if you're here today, get ready, because we're praying big,

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believing big, and walking in everything God promised. Let's begin.

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Welcome back to Diary of a Black Woman podcast. We are on the series of 2026,

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the year when heaven and earth intersect.

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I'm your host, Connie Morris, and we are on episode seven, the separation when

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God divides light from darkness.

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In this episode, we will be talking about something that the Lord emphasizes

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strongly for the Hebrew year,

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five, seven, eight, six, Something we see all throughout scripture whenever

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heaven begins to touch earth. The separation.

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When God divides light from darkness, you cannot have a shaking without separation.

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You cannot have glory without distinction. You cannot have alignment without a dividing line.

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In 2026, this year will be marked by that dividing line. Hebrew year 5786,

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the year of the dividing line.

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Prophetically, 5786 represents a boundary, a border,

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a spiritual line drawn by God himself, a year when heaven exposes what is truly

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light and truly darkness,

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a moment when the gray areas disappear, a season where clarity replaces confusion.

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This is the Genesis one moment when God separated light from darkness. It established order.

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5-7-8-6 repeats this spiritual pattern.

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God is not only shaking, he is separating.

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Not to punish, but to protect, to purify, to reveal, to elevate,

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and to repair the remnant for glory.

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God always separates before he moves. Genesis 1, 3-4.

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God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

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Separation is not judgment, it's creation order.

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It is creation's order. Exodus 11, 7, but among the Israelites, not even a dog will bark.

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God made a clear distinction between Egypt and Israel.

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We also know that there was a clear distinction with the plagues,

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a clear distinction where they lived in Goshen and it did not touch them.

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He protected them. He separated them from what he was doing in Egypt.

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And this is that year God is going to protect you.

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Malachi 3.18, then you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked.

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Matthew 25, the wise versus the foolish versions, the faithful versus the unfaithful,

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the ready versus the unprepared.

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That's so, where do you fall in?

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That's a good question. Where do you fall in there? Are you wise or are you foolish?

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Are you faithful? Are you unfaithful?

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Are you ready? And are you unprepared?

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It's a time to get ready. John 10, 27, my sheep hear my voice.

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Not everyone hears only his voice. Remember, there's two voices speaking.

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Which voice are you following? He said, my sheep, you're my voice.

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2 Corinthians 6, 17, come out from among them and be ye separate.

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What God separates, he elevates.

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God is separating in 2026. One, light from darkness, no more blending,

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no more almost holy, no more gray area, no more lukewarmness.

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Either you in or you're not. 2026 will reveal who truly is walking with God. Truth from deception.

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Lies will collapse under the weight of God's voice. False teachers.

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False prophets, and false authorities will reveal.

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Be exposed. Three, the sheep from the goats. This is Jesus' language, not ours.

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Obedience will separate the two.

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Number four, the remnant from the religious. 5, 7, 8, 6 elevates those who have

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relationship over those who have routines.

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Authentic from artificial, God separates real worship from performance,

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real prayer from empty words, real devotion from religious activity. holy from profane.

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What was tolerated in the past seasons will not be tolerated in this one.

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And finally, number seven, kingdom assignments versus human agendas. He's separating that.

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Those building God's kingdom will rise. Those building their own will fall.

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Personal separations God will do in you.

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2026 is not just a global separation. It will be personal.

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God will separate you from old wounds, old cycles, old fears,

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old connections, old thinking, old identity, old sin patterns,

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old version of yourself.

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You are stepping into the fire of refinement and coming out gold.

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Wow. One story I really love is the story of Cinderella.

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You know, she, her and her evil, wicked stepsisters, they did not like her.

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They did not want her to meet the prince. But somehow, someway,

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God made a way for the Cinderella to show up.

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She loses her slipper, and then she finds her Prince Charming.

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God is going to do some great things this year.

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I don't know about the Prince Charming part, but if he's separating you for

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a purpose and you're designing to be married, hey, use your faith, use your faith.

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Sends God, signs God is separating you for purpose.

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There's always signs when God starts to move in your life. Let me know if any of these are...

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Are for you. People are falling away, not out of drama, but divine pruning.

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If you feel like you're always alone and you're like, I don't have any friends,

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maybe God is separating you for a purpose.

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You feel disconnected from old environments. Your spirit has outgrown the space.

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Especially if you have friends who have your number, because I haven't changed

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my number, and they call you and they sound all excited, but you're like,

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this ain't going to work. so you have to block them.

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You no longer desire compromised places. Your appetite for holiness is increasing.

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You sense God pulling you into deeper intimacy that he's claiming your attention.

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He wants all of your attention.

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You're losing tolerance for flesh-driven things. This is what we call spiritual maturity.

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You're being called to higher standards.

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Seven, for this 2026 year, elevates the remnant. When you feel like I am

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know I was created for something else. God is calling you up to a higher standard.

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You're uncomfortable in places you used to settle. That's so true.

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Separation always begins with discomfort. You already know this is discomfort.

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I learned a lot of things about myself this year and I learned like don't settle

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for the least. Go for the top.

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And if you happen to get the top, that's powerful. But you will be miserable

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at the bottom when you know you were created to be at the top.

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These are not coincidences. They are confirmation.

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Why is this separation so important? Because it's being mentioned over and over and over again.

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This is going to get you ready. So you won't feel strange when it starts to happen in your life.

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Sometimes he separates us for our protection.

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God removes people who will harm your destiny, who don't have the right heart that's around you.

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They're smiling and they're friendly, but they're not really for you.

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He separates us for clarity.

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Your vision sharpens when distractions fall away. When your voice,

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when you're praying to God, and the only voice that you're hearing is the Lord's

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voice and not your friends, you get more clarity.

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For purity, God demands holiness.

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So if he's calling you out of your sinful life, out of your fornication,

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out of your adulterous behavior, he's calling you in for purity.

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Do it on your own. Do not allow God to embarrass you.

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For your preparation, you cannot carry 2026 glory with 2025 bondage.

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So get ready to let 2025 go. Whatever it was, that's what it is. You can't change it.

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Let it go. Let's run into 2026.

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And number five, for your promotion. Elevation always requires a separation.

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And we know the story of Abraham.

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Abraham, God told him to leave, go to a land I will show you. and he drags along Lot.

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And throughout his story, Lot was just a headache. Look how many distractions Lot caused.

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You know, he caused a lot of distractions because he was never meant to be there.

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So be careful who you drag into your 2026 when God's telling you to let it go.

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When we come into a time where we need to be, it's like packing light.

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You need to pack light so that when God tells you to go, you can go.

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You don't have to tell the story.

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You don't have to take someone you got to always babysit. Be worried about their

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emotions, their financial situation.

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Let God do what he does. Let him separate. And you'll be surprised that as he

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separates you from what you can't on your own, you will see that you'll start

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to feel like, dang, that person was awake.

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I didn't realize it because I couldn't let him go on my own,

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him or her or your family members.

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So how do we respond when God starts to separate us? Number one, stop resisting.

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Don't fight for what God is removing. Release without resentment.

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Let people go without bitterness. embrace holiness, walk in purity without apology, stay in alignment.

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Separation flows from alignment.

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Strengthen your discernment. You need to sharpen your hearing to recognize who

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is for you and who is assigned against you.

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And then number six, remain humble. Separation is for sanctification,

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not superiority because where God promotes you and if you get the we call it

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in America the big head you get a little bit beside yourself you might lose

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that promotion right and I don't know how old you are but you don't got 40 years

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to make that back up so remain humble.

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And don't get into the superiority or they call it the caring attitude.

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You know, always nitpicking and starting stuff because you're in that promotion,

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you know, looking down upon others.

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You know, just a lot of things happen when people get promoted,

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you know, so don't do that. And let's go ahead with this prophetic decree.

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I repeat after me. Father, draw every divine line in my life.

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Separate me from darkness, deception, and distraction. Set me apart for your purpose.

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Cut off what cannot go into 2026.

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Highlight what is holy, expose what is false, and prepare me for glory.

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In Jesus' name, amen. Let's pray.

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I thank you for the holy separation of 5786. Thank you for dividing light from

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darkness in our lives and in this generation.

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Give us the courage to release what you are removing and the faith to embrace what you are revealing.

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Protect us, purify us, and position us. Let the separation prepare us for your

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glory. In Jesus' name, amen.

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And I'll see you on the next episode.

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Family, thank you for spending this time with me today. To every woman listening

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who has ever felt hidden, overlooked, or pushed aside, I want you to hear me clearly.

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God has not forgotten you, and neither have I.

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No pressure, just love and community. Before we leave, I want to speak the word

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that I close with every time because somebody needs this reminder today.

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It comes from Jeremiah 29 11 14.

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I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and

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not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future, then you will call upon

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me and come and pray to me and I will listen to you.

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You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

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I will be found by you, declares the Lord.

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Beloved, God has a plan for your life, a real one, a good one.

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And as long as you keep seeking him, you will find him even from the hidden places. I love you.

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I'm praying for you, and I'll meet you next time.