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Dwight Fletcher | The secret to survival

THINGS SEEM to be devolving around us daily, and as Christians we must learn to not only survive, but to thrive. To do so, we need to learn to cooperate with the Holy Spirit. As Christians, our spirit is alive with the Holy Spirit, and the secret...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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