At a BRINGING BACK GOD service PASTOR JOHN COLLINS talked about sin. A sin is a sin is a sin. It doesn't matter if you lied, cheated, stole, or murdered someone, you still committed a sin.
The Ten Commandments are our laws from God that state what we should not do in the eyes of the Lord. They are the same Commandments that were given to Moses when he went up Mount Sinai.
If you break one of them it is the same as breaking any of the others.
The punishment in God's eyes is the same. You need to repent your sin,
repent it from the bottom of your heart and ask forgiveness from God.
Become baptized and be a true follower of the cross. That is what will
please God. That is what will forgive you of your sin.
Someone I
love dearly once said, "A sin is a sin, doesn't matter if you killed
someone or if you stole a candy bar. A sin is still spelled with the
three same letters." That is one of my favorites quotes. A sin is still
spelled the same way no matter what the sin is. What a simple way to
look at it and how very, very true. The only sin that is unforgivable is
if you blaspheme. It says it in the Bible so I believe it.
The Bible
talks about sin. It says in James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to
do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. In Romans 3:23 For all
have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. In Romans 6:23 For the
wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ out Lord. (All scripture was taken from a KJV Bible.)
These
re just some of the scriptures that talk about sin. They are all saying
the same thing, repent your sins and ask forgiveness from Jesus Christ
and God. Everyone is a sinner. There was only one perfect person that
has ever walked this earth. He was the only one that did not sin. That
was Jesus. The rest of us are ALL sinners. No matter what you may think,
you are a sinner. I know I am. I also know that I ask for forgiveness
and repent what I have done to God and he will forgive me.
If you would like to learn more about how to repent your sins, please come to BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN or in MARIETTA, PA.Talk to PASTOR JOHN COLLINS or listen to him on BlogTalk Radio.
God Bless You All,
The Church Goer-Girl
Monday, April 21, 2014
Hope
At BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN, PASTOR JOHN COLLINS has stated many times, "Hope is like sunshine, everyone needs a ray of it." For the longest time I only thought that this meant that you should give others hope. Hope that they can change and be a better Christian. Hope that they will be a better person. Hope that they will come back to the cross. Hope that they will believe in God and Jesus.
Hope. I never thought that I would think of hope for myself. But what
you you need to realize is this, just because you have hope for other
people doesn't mean that you should lose hope for your self.
Many times that is something that we all forget. We forget that we can change and be a better person, a better Christian, come back to the cross, come back to Jesus and God. We forget that we need to have hope for our self. PASTOR JOHN COLLINS has also taught me that you can't help others change until you have changed yourself first. So if you lose hope for yourself then you are defeating the purpose of ever being able to help others.
The bible talks about hope often. In Romans 15:13 it states Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. In Psalms 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. Again in Romans 8:24-25 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
So the bible talks about hope. We just need to remember to not loose hope for ourselves. Hope is like sunshine, and everyone does need a ray of it. Not only the people that we know but us too.
If you would like to learn more about this topic, come visit BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN or in MARIETTA, PA. Visit PASTOR JOHN COLLINS and talk the bible with him. Or listen to PASTOR JOHN COLLINS on BlogTalk Radio.
God Bless You,
The Church Goer-Girl
Many times that is something that we all forget. We forget that we can change and be a better person, a better Christian, come back to the cross, come back to Jesus and God. We forget that we need to have hope for our self. PASTOR JOHN COLLINS has also taught me that you can't help others change until you have changed yourself first. So if you lose hope for yourself then you are defeating the purpose of ever being able to help others.
The bible talks about hope often. In Romans 15:13 it states Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. In Psalms 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. Again in Romans 8:24-25 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
So the bible talks about hope. We just need to remember to not loose hope for ourselves. Hope is like sunshine, and everyone does need a ray of it. Not only the people that we know but us too.
If you would like to learn more about this topic, come visit BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN or in MARIETTA, PA. Visit PASTOR JOHN COLLINS and talk the bible with him. Or listen to PASTOR JOHN COLLINS on BlogTalk Radio.
God Bless You,
The Church Goer-Girl
You can't bribe God
So you think you can bribe God? If you do then you are so very, very wrong. You Can't Bribe God. No matter what you cannot do it. It is not possible.
Now you might be asking what do I mean by this? Simple, you can't say
to God, "I'll do this my way but I'll put more money in the collection plate on Sunday to make up for not listening to You." He does not work like that.
The meaning of a bribe is to either pay a sum of money or other incentive to get your way or to persuade someone to act the way you want them to act. (Taken from an online dictionary.) You can't bribe your way into heaven. It just isn't possible. That is not how God works. You can't think oh He will understand. No He won't. You need to put God first and for most always. That is what will make Him happy. Not the extra money in a collection plate.
Look at the apostle Paul, do you really think that he ever thought to himself, well I am just going to preach my way instead of the way of the Lord and I'll just make up for it later. NO! He never thought that. All he wanted to do after his vision of Jesus when he was going to Damascus, was to please God in every way possible at every moment possible. He gave it all up for God. He was from a wealthy family, had a high position in the Sanhedrin, He gave up having a wife and a family. He gave up everything to do God's will. It never once thought that he could bribe God into giving him the ultimate reward of eternal life in heaven. He just thought, this is God's will for me so I am going to do it to the best of my abilities no matter how many times I am put in jail, no matter how may times people beat me, no matter what happens to me, I am doing God's will.
Another example to look at is the apostle John. He was the only one that stayed with Jesus through the crucifixion. He was the only apostle that God's will. He did not run away and hide. He did not leave Jesus' side. He stayed until the end. Then after Jesus had risen, came back, and ascended into heaven, he continued to do God's will. All the way through his life until he was an old man, he still spread the word of God with his letters. He never thought that he could bribe God. He did what was asked of him and he did it to the best of his abilities at tall times. He put his maximum effort into the job he was given. He never thought to bribe God. He was rewarded eternal life in heaven because of his faithfulness and loyalty.
So the next time you think that you can bribe God, think again. It is not possible. Don't think just because you put extra money into a collection plate to make up for not listening to God that it will suffice. He doesn't work like that. Do what God's wants. Do his will. Please God.
As PASTOR JOHN COLLINS says at BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN salvation is found by repenting your sins, being baptized, becoming a new you, become a true Christian, come back to the cross, and do what God wants.
PASTOR JOHN COLLINS can also be heard on BlogTalk Radio. Or visit BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN or MARIETTA, PA.
God Bless You,
The Church Goer-Girl
The meaning of a bribe is to either pay a sum of money or other incentive to get your way or to persuade someone to act the way you want them to act. (Taken from an online dictionary.) You can't bribe your way into heaven. It just isn't possible. That is not how God works. You can't think oh He will understand. No He won't. You need to put God first and for most always. That is what will make Him happy. Not the extra money in a collection plate.
Look at the apostle Paul, do you really think that he ever thought to himself, well I am just going to preach my way instead of the way of the Lord and I'll just make up for it later. NO! He never thought that. All he wanted to do after his vision of Jesus when he was going to Damascus, was to please God in every way possible at every moment possible. He gave it all up for God. He was from a wealthy family, had a high position in the Sanhedrin, He gave up having a wife and a family. He gave up everything to do God's will. It never once thought that he could bribe God into giving him the ultimate reward of eternal life in heaven. He just thought, this is God's will for me so I am going to do it to the best of my abilities no matter how many times I am put in jail, no matter how may times people beat me, no matter what happens to me, I am doing God's will.
Another example to look at is the apostle John. He was the only one that stayed with Jesus through the crucifixion. He was the only apostle that God's will. He did not run away and hide. He did not leave Jesus' side. He stayed until the end. Then after Jesus had risen, came back, and ascended into heaven, he continued to do God's will. All the way through his life until he was an old man, he still spread the word of God with his letters. He never thought that he could bribe God. He did what was asked of him and he did it to the best of his abilities at tall times. He put his maximum effort into the job he was given. He never thought to bribe God. He was rewarded eternal life in heaven because of his faithfulness and loyalty.
So the next time you think that you can bribe God, think again. It is not possible. Don't think just because you put extra money into a collection plate to make up for not listening to God that it will suffice. He doesn't work like that. Do what God's wants. Do his will. Please God.
As PASTOR JOHN COLLINS says at BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN salvation is found by repenting your sins, being baptized, becoming a new you, become a true Christian, come back to the cross, and do what God wants.
PASTOR JOHN COLLINS can also be heard on BlogTalk Radio. Or visit BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN or MARIETTA, PA.
God Bless You,
The Church Goer-Girl
When God speaks do you listen?
When God speaks do you listen?
Take a look in the Bible, there are many stories of people who God chose to talk to and they did not listen. They did not want to listen. They let their will be stronger than the will of God. Specifically let us look at the story of King Saul. His story can be found in the book of 1 Samuel. It states, and this is from a KJV Bible, 1 Samuel 15:3, 8-9 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they utterly destroyed.
Now here is the thing, if you go on to read 1 Samuel you will find that God tells Samuel that Saul did not listen to what He said to do and that Samuel will need to tell Saul that he is no longer king of Israel. Saul did not do God's will. He did not kill King Agag like he was supposed to and he did not kill all of the animals like he was supposed to. Instead of putting his faith and trust in the Lord, he let his own will overrule what he was told to do by God. Even more is that if you read the book of 1 Samuel, you will realize that this was not the first time that Saul disobeyed God. This was just the last straw for God, so to speak. So what happens next in the story you might ask. Well, Samuel goes and asks Saul what does he think he is doing keeping Agag alive and why did he not kill all of the animals. Saul give excuses and justifications, which by the way, God really does not like that. Samuel then informs Saul that he has lost his favor with the Lord and that there will be another King that will rule over the Israelites. The next time that Saul will see Samuel is the day that he will die. That next King is David who found much favor with the Lord. This is the same David that kills Goliath.
If you read the book of 1 Samuel and you really pay attention to the story, you will realize that when God spoke to Saul through Samuel, he did not listen. He forgot that he was chosen to be a King by God. Not by man, not by a vote, not by any other mean but God. He let that go to his head and thought that he was bigger than God. He figured he knew what was best so why did he have to listen to what God was saying.
So what is the moral of this story? Simple, follow Gods will at all times. Never forget who we are truly here to serve. We are here for God. To do Gods will. So if He speaks to you will you listen? Will you remember that you work for God? Will you remember that God is all, He is everything, He is our creator, He comes first?
If you would like to learn more about Saul's story or if you have any questions, check out BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN or in MARIETTA, PA. Listen to PASTOR JOHN COLLINS on BlogTalk Radio and hear more stories and topics from the Bible, you won't regret it.
God Bless You All,
The Church Goer-Girl
Take a look in the Bible, there are many stories of people who God chose to talk to and they did not listen. They did not want to listen. They let their will be stronger than the will of God. Specifically let us look at the story of King Saul. His story can be found in the book of 1 Samuel. It states, and this is from a KJV Bible, 1 Samuel 15:3, 8-9 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they utterly destroyed.
Now here is the thing, if you go on to read 1 Samuel you will find that God tells Samuel that Saul did not listen to what He said to do and that Samuel will need to tell Saul that he is no longer king of Israel. Saul did not do God's will. He did not kill King Agag like he was supposed to and he did not kill all of the animals like he was supposed to. Instead of putting his faith and trust in the Lord, he let his own will overrule what he was told to do by God. Even more is that if you read the book of 1 Samuel, you will realize that this was not the first time that Saul disobeyed God. This was just the last straw for God, so to speak. So what happens next in the story you might ask. Well, Samuel goes and asks Saul what does he think he is doing keeping Agag alive and why did he not kill all of the animals. Saul give excuses and justifications, which by the way, God really does not like that. Samuel then informs Saul that he has lost his favor with the Lord and that there will be another King that will rule over the Israelites. The next time that Saul will see Samuel is the day that he will die. That next King is David who found much favor with the Lord. This is the same David that kills Goliath.
If you read the book of 1 Samuel and you really pay attention to the story, you will realize that when God spoke to Saul through Samuel, he did not listen. He forgot that he was chosen to be a King by God. Not by man, not by a vote, not by any other mean but God. He let that go to his head and thought that he was bigger than God. He figured he knew what was best so why did he have to listen to what God was saying.
So what is the moral of this story? Simple, follow Gods will at all times. Never forget who we are truly here to serve. We are here for God. To do Gods will. So if He speaks to you will you listen? Will you remember that you work for God? Will you remember that God is all, He is everything, He is our creator, He comes first?
If you would like to learn more about Saul's story or if you have any questions, check out BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN or in MARIETTA, PA. Listen to PASTOR JOHN COLLINS on BlogTalk Radio and hear more stories and topics from the Bible, you won't regret it.
God Bless You All,
The Church Goer-Girl
Believing in God
Believing in God is one of the easiest things to say and one of the hardest things to do.
It is much easier to say well I believe in God on a Sunday and then the
rest of the week you forget about Him. But that is not how God works. He is always there and He always will be. The God that exists today is the same God that existed 2,000 years ago is still same the God that exists today.
He never changed, we have. We have forgotten how mighty He is. We have
forgotten that when we do something that goes against God there are
consequences. Look at Jeremiah, he was not able to marry or have children because he disobeyed God. Isaiah ran through the streets naked for three years. Saul who became Paul gave it all to God and gave up his status, money, power, rank he had in the Sanhedrin, and getting married or having children. He gave it all up for God. That is what we need to remember and that is what we have forgotten. We do not fear God like he was feared 2,000 years ago. We have forgotten about Him.
When you receive and unexpected job promotion, a bonus check, or something good that happens in your life do you thank God or do you just think boy I am lucky. Luck doesn't have anything to do with it. It is all God. It always has been. So when you get those promotions, a bonus check, or good things that happen in your life give God the praise and thanks that He deserves. That is what PASTOR JOHN COLLINS preaches at BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN. We need to get down on our knees and thank God every day for everything that He gives. We need to give the glory back to Him because tat it where is belongs. Otherwise we are just being selfish and that does not make God happy in the least.
So to end, thank God everyday. Praise Him for everything that happens in your life. He will never give you more than you can handle. If you need to talk to someone then please come see PASTOR JOHN COLLINS. Talk to him at BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN. Or visit our MARIETTA, PA location and Get Your God On.
God Bless You all,
The Church Goer-Girl
When you receive and unexpected job promotion, a bonus check, or something good that happens in your life do you thank God or do you just think boy I am lucky. Luck doesn't have anything to do with it. It is all God. It always has been. So when you get those promotions, a bonus check, or good things that happen in your life give God the praise and thanks that He deserves. That is what PASTOR JOHN COLLINS preaches at BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN. We need to get down on our knees and thank God every day for everything that He gives. We need to give the glory back to Him because tat it where is belongs. Otherwise we are just being selfish and that does not make God happy in the least.
So to end, thank God everyday. Praise Him for everything that happens in your life. He will never give you more than you can handle. If you need to talk to someone then please come see PASTOR JOHN COLLINS. Talk to him at BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN. Or visit our MARIETTA, PA location and Get Your God On.
God Bless You all,
The Church Goer-Girl
Acts
Have you ever read Acts? If not then you should. It is a really good book in the Bible. The book of Acts is about what the twelve apostles did after Jesus was crucified, come back from the dead, and risen to heaven. PASTOR JOHN COLLINS at BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN has been studying it recently and has intrigued me to want to read it as well.
There is one part where a man named Stephen is speaking in front of the Sanhedrin and he is bound in chains. He is giving them the history of the people and when he gets to the part where Jesus is King, they get upset and angry. They get so upset that they take him out and they stone him to death. The entire time he is praying, "Lord, they know not what they are doing. Don't hold there sin against them." He is a true believer of God and Jesus. A true Christian,
At another point there is a magician named Simon that tries to pay for the abilities that he sees Peter has. He asks if he pays Peter will he give him the same abilities that the Lord gave Peter. Peter exclaims that he is the devil basically and will go to hell for thinking that he can buy his way into heaven. Simon then asks Peter to pray for him so that none of the things Peter says comes true.
One of my favorite parts of the book of Acts is when Saul becomes Paul. This happens on the road to Damascus when Saul is able to persecute any and all believers of Jesus. When he is close to Damascus he has a bright light that comes upon him and he sees a man that asks, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" Saul asks, "Who are you Lord?" and is told, "I am Jesus, the one whom you are persecuting." he is then told that he will be blind for three days and a man named Ananias will come to him in three days time. So Saul is lead into Damascus by the hand and for three days he cannot see, nor does he eat or drink anything. Then Ananias comes and heals his eyes and baptizes him in the name of Jesus and gives him the name of Paul. Paul then becomes the biggest support of Jesus that there can be. He preaches the word of Jesus throughout the land and when the Jews continue to have hardened hearts to the word he speaks he turns and takes his message to the gentiles.
In another part of Acts Paul is on a ship and tells the centurion that the boat they are on is going to be destroyed but if everyone on the ship stays together then they will not perish. The centurion sees some of the men trying to get of the boat and ends up cutting the lines to the life boat. After many days in the storm, 14 if I am recalling correctly, Paul tells the men to eat and drink something for they have not had anything in a long time. They do and what happens is the boat comes upon some land and ends up hitting a sand barge. The men all survive and the boat sinks, just as Paul said it would. Because that is what he was told of from the Lord.
The book of Acts is a great book to read. It is one of my favorite books of the Bible. If you want to study the book even further, there is a movie called Acts. You can find it on DVD or you can find it on YouTube. It tells the story of Acts word for word and is a really good movie to study with.
If you would like to learn more about the book of Acts then come to BRINGING BACK GOD in either BRISTOL, TN or in MARIETTA, PA. Come to one of the services on Sunday at 10:00am or Wednesday at 7:00pm and hear PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, you won't regret it. Check out the book of Acts, you'll be surprised how much you might enjoy it.
I Love You All and God Bless You All,
The Church Goer-Girl
There is one part where a man named Stephen is speaking in front of the Sanhedrin and he is bound in chains. He is giving them the history of the people and when he gets to the part where Jesus is King, they get upset and angry. They get so upset that they take him out and they stone him to death. The entire time he is praying, "Lord, they know not what they are doing. Don't hold there sin against them." He is a true believer of God and Jesus. A true Christian,
At another point there is a magician named Simon that tries to pay for the abilities that he sees Peter has. He asks if he pays Peter will he give him the same abilities that the Lord gave Peter. Peter exclaims that he is the devil basically and will go to hell for thinking that he can buy his way into heaven. Simon then asks Peter to pray for him so that none of the things Peter says comes true.
One of my favorite parts of the book of Acts is when Saul becomes Paul. This happens on the road to Damascus when Saul is able to persecute any and all believers of Jesus. When he is close to Damascus he has a bright light that comes upon him and he sees a man that asks, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" Saul asks, "Who are you Lord?" and is told, "I am Jesus, the one whom you are persecuting." he is then told that he will be blind for three days and a man named Ananias will come to him in three days time. So Saul is lead into Damascus by the hand and for three days he cannot see, nor does he eat or drink anything. Then Ananias comes and heals his eyes and baptizes him in the name of Jesus and gives him the name of Paul. Paul then becomes the biggest support of Jesus that there can be. He preaches the word of Jesus throughout the land and when the Jews continue to have hardened hearts to the word he speaks he turns and takes his message to the gentiles.
In another part of Acts Paul is on a ship and tells the centurion that the boat they are on is going to be destroyed but if everyone on the ship stays together then they will not perish. The centurion sees some of the men trying to get of the boat and ends up cutting the lines to the life boat. After many days in the storm, 14 if I am recalling correctly, Paul tells the men to eat and drink something for they have not had anything in a long time. They do and what happens is the boat comes upon some land and ends up hitting a sand barge. The men all survive and the boat sinks, just as Paul said it would. Because that is what he was told of from the Lord.
The book of Acts is a great book to read. It is one of my favorite books of the Bible. If you want to study the book even further, there is a movie called Acts. You can find it on DVD or you can find it on YouTube. It tells the story of Acts word for word and is a really good movie to study with.
If you would like to learn more about the book of Acts then come to BRINGING BACK GOD in either BRISTOL, TN or in MARIETTA, PA. Come to one of the services on Sunday at 10:00am or Wednesday at 7:00pm and hear PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, you won't regret it. Check out the book of Acts, you'll be surprised how much you might enjoy it.
I Love You All and God Bless You All,
The Church Goer-Girl
Listening
Has anyone heard of the parable of the sower? It is where Jesus is talking about seed that falls on hard ground, seed that falls in rocks, seed that falls in some weeds and seed that falls on good ground.
What it means though is how well do we listen to the word? How well are we taking what is being said and applying it to our life? I know that it is something that I have struggled with. I have not always let God's will come before my own and I know that it is wrong. Do any of you have a hard time with this parable? If so then you are not alone, not by any means. I know that all of us would like to be the seed that falls on good ground every time we hear a pastor preach. At BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN PASTOR JOHN COLLINS preaches these parables. He makes it easy to hear what he is saying but are we actually listening to what it is that reality is being said? It is easy to hear but it is even harder to listen. It is easy to hear what God's will is for us but it is even harder to let His will override our own. We need to humble ourselves for the Lord and listen. Then we will be able to do His will and make Him happy with us.
Hearing is hard but listening is even harder. At BRINGING BACK GOD you will learn how to listen and know what you can do to better yourself for God. So come visit the church in either BRISTOL, TN or in MARIETTA, PA. Have a talk with PASTOR JOHN COLLINS and come learn how to be the good seed.
I Love You All and God Bless You,
The Church Goer-Girl
What it means though is how well do we listen to the word? How well are we taking what is being said and applying it to our life? I know that it is something that I have struggled with. I have not always let God's will come before my own and I know that it is wrong. Do any of you have a hard time with this parable? If so then you are not alone, not by any means. I know that all of us would like to be the seed that falls on good ground every time we hear a pastor preach. At BRINGING BACK GOD in BRISTOL, TN PASTOR JOHN COLLINS preaches these parables. He makes it easy to hear what he is saying but are we actually listening to what it is that reality is being said? It is easy to hear but it is even harder to listen. It is easy to hear what God's will is for us but it is even harder to let His will override our own. We need to humble ourselves for the Lord and listen. Then we will be able to do His will and make Him happy with us.
Hearing is hard but listening is even harder. At BRINGING BACK GOD you will learn how to listen and know what you can do to better yourself for God. So come visit the church in either BRISTOL, TN or in MARIETTA, PA. Have a talk with PASTOR JOHN COLLINS and come learn how to be the good seed.
I Love You All and God Bless You,
The Church Goer-Girl
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