| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Selfcare” Our Bible verse for today: “Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels around the throne …” Revelation 5:11 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Is there room for the singing of angels?” In yesterday’s devotional we considered how it is that if your heart is right and if you are truly seeking an encounter with God in worship, then corporate worship with our brothers and sisters can be where you meet Him. Today let’s consider the solo worship experience. This is your personal worship. This is when it’s just you and God. In Revelation 5:11-14 we’re reading about the Apostle John (also known as John the Revelator because he was the writer of this book). He was in exile on the island of Patmos and in a deep state of personal worship. In the middle of that, he saw this scene in heaven with the angels of God around the throne singing out in a loud voice, “Worthy is the lamb!” John was in a physical place and in a state of mind that allowed him to sink into that worshipful experience. He literally heard the singing of angels. But he was ready for it. He was seeking it. He created the space for it to happen – as we must as well. If you want it, you will have to be intentional about seeking it. Can we hear the singing of angels? Probably not with our physical ears but with the ears of our heart? Yes. Not only can we, but we need to. Your soul needs this. Everyday. I once wrote an article entitled, “Room for the Singing of Angels.” It was about making room in our lives and creating the right conditions for the singing of angels to break through. If you would like to have a digital copy of that article, email me and I will send it to you. When it comes to good selfcare, creating spiritual space for deep personal worship is essential. Your soul needs this. Everyday. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00 – in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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It will be good for your soul
| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Selfcare” Our Bible verse for today: “All the angels stood around the throne, and along with the elders and the four living creatures they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God, saying, Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen.” Revelation 7:11-12 (CSB) Our thought for today: “It will be good for your soul” I love the scene John the Revelator describes for us in Revelation 7:11-12 – the angels of God before the throne of God worshiping God. John had entered a deep state of worship in his own mind and heart there on the island of Patmos, and he got to witness and experience a tremendous worshipful scene taking place in heaven. Earlier in that same passage, in Revelation 7:9-10, he tells us that along with the angels there was a vast multitude of people, “After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: Salvation belongs to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!” And then, beginning in verse 11, the angels sang their song. This was worship. Deep worship. It’s representative of the kind of worship we should all desire to sink into when we gather with the saints of God in our local churches each Sunday. And if you do – if you do experience worship at a deep heart-moving level, your soul will be touched. But you must want it. You have to seek it. You must come to the corporate worship experience with a heart that yearns to encounter the Living God of the Universe. Let me leave you this morning with that wonderful insight from Pastor Chuck Swindoll which I shared with you in a previous devotional and which comes from his book “Intimacy with the Almighty.” “Deep things are intriguing. Deep jungles. Deep water. Deep caves and canyons. Deep thoughts and conversations. There is nothing like depth to make us dissatisfied with superficial, shallow things. Once we have delved below the surface and had a taste of the marvels and mysteries of the deep, we realize the value of taking the time and going to the trouble of plumbing those depths. This is especially true in the spiritual realm. God invites us to go deeper rather to be content with surface matters.” Think about this. Pray about it. Ask God to make this the desire of your heart as you approach your time of worship with your brothers and sister in Christ. It will be good for your soul. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00 – in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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The Sabbath is for you
| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Selfcare” Our Bible verse for today: “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.” Mark 2:27 (CSB) Our thought for today: “The Sabbath is for you” When Jesus said the words recorded in Mark 2:27 he turned the whole notion of Sabbath on its head. The religious leaders of the Jewish people (The Pharisees) had turned Sabbath-keeping into a strict and heavy ritual complete with lots of rules, regulations, expectations, and requirements. It was arduous and time-consuming and it often created stress in people rather than nourishing their souls. Worse, the Pharisees taught that this was what God required of them and that a person was sinning if they didn’t comply. To the Pharisees, the Sabbath was all about pleasing a very demanding God. But Jesus said they had it backwards. God didn’t create the Sabbath for Himself, He created it for us. It’s not for His benefit but for ours. Properly understood and practiced, Sabbath-keeping should leave us rested, refreshed, and renewed – physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. That’s the purpose of Sabbath. That’s why God created it. Not because He needs it but because we do. In terms of selfcare, there are few things we can do that will benefit us as much as consistent Sabbath-keeping. And I’m not just talking about going to church on Sunday to worship (although that certainly is an important starting place for Sabbath-keeping). I’m also not just talking about keeping Sabbath one day a week for the purpose of rest and relaxation (although we certainly need this too.) More than that, Sabbath “thinking” can become a mindset that governs our overall approach to daily life. In yesterday’s devotional we considered the truth that the best life any of us will ever have is the one that is lived in the center of God’s will. That’s true but to have such a life we have to be intentional about it. It requires good discipleship to develop a life with God like that, and then that relationship with Him must be nurtured. Sabbath-keeping and Sabbath-thinking help us to do that. In the days to come I will direct our thinking to some ideas and concepts from two very good books on this subject, both of which I have already mentioned to you. They are “Intimacy with the Almighty,” by Chuck Swindoll and “The Rest of God: Restoring your Soul by Restoring Sabbath” by Mark Buchanan. God created the Sabbath for you. Sabbath-keeping and Sabbath-thinking are important and necessary practices in our quest for good selfcare. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00 – in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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Your best life ever!
| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Selfcare” Our Bible verse for today: “How happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk according to the Lord’s instruction! Happy are those who keep his decrees and seek him with all their heart.” Psalm 119:1-2 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Your best life ever!” What’s the secret to living your best life ever? The secret is that it isn’t a secret. Through the writer of Psalm 119 God told us plainly almost three thousand years ago that we would find our best life if we study His commands and keep them. God has a good and perfect plan for your life. Jeremiah 29:11-14 assures us of this: “For I know the plans I have for you – this is the Lord’s declaration – plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. You will call to me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when your search for me with all your heart. I will be found by you …” That’s exactly what the Psalmist was expressing in Psalm 119:1-2. Make the effort to know, understand, and apply the principles for living that are found in the Word of God. Live by it. Then you will discover your best life ever. The fact is that the best life any of us will ever have will be the one lived in the center of God’s will. No matter what else you accomplish in life, no matter how much wealth and possessions you accumulate, no matter how much the world sings your praises and honors you with accolades, no life will be as good as the life you can have living in the center of God’s will for you. You will also be your most effective in life when you are in the center of God’s will. The Holy Spirit will provide you with direction and power. He will make you wise, strong, tough, and resilient as you tackle the many challenges life throws at you, and you will be at your maximum effectiveness. Let me say it again: The secret to living your best life ever is that it isn’t a secret. God has made clear how to do it. Seek Him with all your heart. Study His Word. Live by it. If you would like a little more practical help in implementing the changes needed to establish the habit of living in God’s will instead of your own, I recommend the helpful little book “The Best Possible Life: How to live with deep contentment, joy, and confidence – no matter what” by Jim Murphy. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00 – in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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Our big announcement
| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Selfcare” Our Bible verse for today: “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding to him.” Genesis 2:18 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Our big announcement” The practice of selfcare can be a funny thing. Most of the time, it consists of principles and concepts that apply broadly to all of us all the time. For instance, it is always important to eat well, to exercise, and to get adequate rest. We all also need healthy relationships with God and with other people. We also need to take the steps necessary to eliminate unhealthy amounts of stress and anxiety from our lives. We all need those things all the time. But at other times the practice of selfcare is extremely personal and unique to us as an individual. Sometimes there are things that God wants to work out in our own life that does not apply to everyone else, or to anyone else. In those instances, we must be very aware of and sensitive to how the Holy Spirit is directing and guiding us personally. This is such a time in my own life. After my wife Linda died, I was certain I would be single for the rest of my life. But God had other plans. He introduced me to a wonderful Christian woman (Aimee) whose husband (Tim) had died six months before Linda did. Aimee also expected to be single the rest of her life. But as we got to know each other it became increasingly clear that God intends for us to spend the rest of our lives together as husband and wife. Today is the day we are going public with our announcement and since you, my faithful readers, are very much like family to me, we wanted to share our joyful news with you as well. Let me also say that marriage, or remarriage, is not the right answer for everyone. Jesus was single. So was the Apostle Paul, and Jeremiah, and Anna the woman who welcomed the baby Jesus in the temple, and many others. In my book “Getting Along without Going Along” I wrote an entire chapter about the gift of being single. So, marriage is not God’s answer for everyone, but it is for us and we wanted to share our good news with you. Here is that announcement: Hello family and friends, We, (Jim and Aimee), are happy to announce that we are engaged to be married. (We have been engaged for a while but this is our public announcement.) We will be having two wedding ceremonies. The first will be on Sunday June 29th. It will be a small private ceremony with only immediate family in attendance. The second will be on Saturday October 18th at 2:00 at Oaklawn Farms in Crab Orchard, Tennessee. This one is for our family, church family, and friends. We are getting married on June 29th in a small private ceremony because time is precious and we want every day we can have in this lifetime as husband and wife. Every day that passes without us being married is a day that is lost to us and we can never have it back. But we are having a second wedding on October 18th because we both want an autumn wedding. We love fall (it is our favorite season); we love the fall colors (they are spectacular in Eastern Tennessee); and we both love a beautiful country setting with mountains, valleys, and rolling hills (Oaklawn Farms is exactly that). Also, we are excited about having a big barn-wedding on a crisp autumn afternoon with lots of family, friends, food, music, and dancing. Invitations will be coming soon! Thank you for sharing in our joy. We love you all! Jim and Aimee |
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This is how we find our true north”
| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Selfcare” Our Bible verse for today: “How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping your word. I have sought you will all my heart; don’t let me wander from your commands. Psalm 119:9-10 (CSB) Our thought for today: “This is how we find our true north” In recent days in this devotional series, we have been thinking about priorities, focus, simplicity, and even downsizing for selfcare and to achieve a better quality of life. But how do we get there from here? I mean, we live in a loud, chaotic, demanding world filled with responsibilities, pressures, distractions, and many competing demands for our time and attention. How do we filter through all of that, distill it, eliminate the superfluous and unhelpful, and somehow achieve that better quality of life? Recently I came across an interesting observation about the nation of Israel in Old Testament times that seems to speak about our society as well. It was from the editors of the “Experiencing God Study Bible” and it was part of the introduction to the book of Ezra. Here’s what they observed about Israel in those days: “About 458 B.C, almost a century after the first return from Babylonian exile, Israel looked for identity and hope as they struggled with worship without meaning, daily living without focus, and a nation without identity, ruled by foreigners. Ezra called God’s people to find meaning and hope in renewed worship, dedication to obey God’s commandments, and separation from pagan influences. The book of Ezra seeks to encourage an indifferent community of God to find new life in their worship of God and obedience to His word, as they forged a unique identity as the people of God.” That’s pretty good advice for us too. As Christians, many of us are lost in a world of noise and distraction, and it is killing us. It is draining away our spiritual vitality and leaving us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually empty. But the answer for us is the same as it was for them: Return to God. As the editors also noted, “The world lures God’s people into doing things the world’s ways rather than God’s. The Bible presents God’s unchanging standard for his people.” That’s it right there. The Bible, along with a vibrant practice of our faith, is our true north. That’s what the Psalmist meant in Psalm 119:9-10 and that is what will keep us headed in the right direction rather than getting lost in a confusing and dangerous world. This is important and there’s more that needs to be said about it, so we will continue this discussion tomorrow but for now, I encourage you to take care of yourself by spending time in God’s Word first thing this morning. It will help to keep your focused and headed in the right direction all throughout the day. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00 – in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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Maybe you should simplify and downsize
| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Selfcare” Our Bible verse for today: “But we encourage you, brothers and sisters, to do this even more, to seek to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, so that you may behave properly in the presence of outsiders and not be dependent on anyone.” 1 Thessalonians 4:10-12 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Maybe you should downsize and simplify” In recent days we have been considering the idea that good selfcare often involves narrowing our focus for the purpose of going deep in all areas of life. Deep rather than wide, intimate rather than impersonal. I have introduced you to two great little books that will help in that effort, Chuck Swindoll’s “Intimacy with God” and John Mark Comer’s “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry.” And I have been sharing a bit of my personal story with you regarding my own decades-long effort to bring about quality over quantity in my own life. Today I will conclude that part of our study by sharing one more important evolution that needed to take place in my own life. It involved an intentional decision made more than a decade ago by my wife Linda (who is now in heaven) and myself regarding the need to downsize and simplify our lives. We realized we owned far too much stuff (most of which we didn’t use) and our lives were entirely too busy (filled with too many activities and responsibilities). We owned a large house that was entirely too much living space for only two people, on a large piece of property that required a lot of upkeep. So, we sold that house and bought a home less than half the size of what we had, on a smaller piece of property that required much less upkeep. We also sold or gave away approximately 75% of our possessions – most of which were going unused and sitting in storage anyway. Professionally, I narrowed my focus to being a pastor, a writer, and my jail/prison ministry, and I resigned from all other boards, committees, and ministry activities. In my personal life my focus narrowed to mostly my wife, my immediate family, and a circle of close friends. It was amazing how much space that created in my life. Head-space, for one thing, but also, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually I discovered how much more relaxed and peaceful my entire life became. My life still included much meaningful service for the kingdom of God, along with plenty of focus and interaction with the people who were most important to me. And we still owned the possessions that we needed and which were most important to us. But everything else went. And the difference was tangible. In some respects, it was remarkable how much more enjoyable our lives became. And I would not go back. That’s exactly the point both Swindoll and Comer were making in their books, and it’s the point the Apostle Paul was making in 1 Thessalonians 4:10-12. Simple is often better than complicated, small can be better than big. It’s also the point Solomon was making in the TEV version of Ecclesiastes 7:29 that we considered that other day: “God has made us plain and simple but we have made ourselves very complicated.” Sometimes an important part of good selfcare will involve simplifying and downsizing in life. Are there some ways in which you could create more space in your life? God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00 – in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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The strategically small church
| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Selfcare” Our Bible verse for today: “Greet also the church that meets in their home.” Romans 16:5 (CSB) Our thought for today: “The strategically small church” Today is Saturday, tomorrow is Sunday. I hope everyone reading this has plans to attend church tomorrow and that it will be a healthy church in which you are fully involved. In terms of selfcare, being deeply involved in the life of a good church family is one of the most affirming and nurturing things you can do for your spiritual health. There are approximately thirty-seven million Christian churches worldwide – 332,000 in the USA. 90% of those churches consist of fewer than 150 active members. 80% have fewer than 100. Large churches are the exception rather than the norm. The Holy Spirit intentionally forms small church families because spiritually, small is better than big. Intimate is better than impersonal. Even in the early church in the book of Acts, when hundreds and then thousands were coming to faith in Jesus, they quickly discovered that they had to divide up into smaller groups and meet in homes because the larger group wasn’t effective for deep discipleship. This is not a criticism of mega-churches as we know them today. Some of the greatest and most spiritually powerful churches in our day are large. But the mega-churches that are most effective are those that focus heavily on small-group discipleship. Within the large church there are multiple small churches that meet in homes because that small-group dynamic is essential to good spiritual growth. In my own journey in the pursuit of going deep in all areas of life (as discussed in the past two devotionals), as a pastor I had to apply that to church life as well. My desire became to go deep with a small group rather than wide with a large group. I wanted to interact deeply with a smaller group rather than superficially with a larger group. Therefore, of the three churches I have been the pastor of during the last thirty years of ministry, Oak Hill Baptist is the smallest but it is also the best (the most spiritually healthy). That is true precisely because our focus is on going deep rather than wide (going deep with God and with each other). Two of the most helpful and insightful pastor/church-leadership books I have ever read and which has helped me to lead our church in being healthy even though we are small are: “The Strategically Small Church” by Brandon J. O’Brian and “Simple Church” by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger. Both of those books provide valuable guidance about how a small church can leverage their smallness into being their greatest strength. In this era of church life that typically emphasizes big numbers and numerous activities (and which is often therefore over-busy and even stressful as members try to keep up with it all), the strategically small church is content to be simple but deep, and focused on the things that truly matter most. This is selfcare for churches. I encourage you to find a church that is truly healthy and then sink deep and fully into that church life. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00 – in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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Sink deeply into your relationship with God
| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Selfcare” Our Bible verse for today: “You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart. I will be found by you …” Jeremiah 29:13-14 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Sink deeply into your relationship with God” Over the next several days I want to share a personal story with you about my own decades-long journey of pursuing depth over superficiality in all of life. Please note that I do not claim to have arrived or to be a particularly deep person. Just like you, I am very much a work in progress. Also, this journey has been an evolution that has progressively unfolded over the course of decades, and it is still unfolding today. I’m simply sharing with you part of my journey, just as Chuck Swindoll shared about his pursuit of depth in his great little book, “Intimacy with God.” In fact, it was Chuck’s book that inspired my own pursuit of depth over superficiality – and maybe something in my story will be helpful to you just as his was for me. After reading Chuck’s book, I realized I had to begin with God. My personal relationship with God must be deep and rich. Then, everything else will flow from that. So, I resolved to engage in serious discipleship by means of daily Bible study, lots of prayer, reading many good Christian books, spending time with other Christians more advanced in the faith than myself, full involvement in the life of my church, and lots of contemplative and reflective time with God. This is what God was saying to us in Jeremiah 29:13-14. If you will put the time and effort into seeking Him, He will be found by you. And the more you seek Him, the more of Him you will discover. King David was described by God in 1 Samuel 13:14 as being “a man after My own heart.” That was David’s legacy – he sought God in deep ways. About that personal experience David told the rest of us in Psalm 34:8, “Taste and see that the Lord is good. How happy is the person who takes refuge in him!” David was saying that the more you experience of God, the more of Him you will want. He found that to be true in his own life, and he was certain we would find it to be true as well. This is the starting place for a life of depth rather than superficiality – seek God with all your heart. Be deep in Him. All the rest of life will then flow from that. This is the most important and helpful thing you can do in terms of selfcare: sink deeply into your relationship with God. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00 – in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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Deep rather than wide
| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Selfcare” Our Bible verse for today: “God has made us plain and simple, but we have made ourselves very complicated.” Ecclesiastes 7:29 (TEV) Our thought for today: “Deep rather than wide” Almost thirty years ago, I came across a little book that was ultimately to change my life in profound ways. The title is “Intimacy with God” by pastor and author Chuck Swindoll. It’s a tiny book that chronicles lessons Chuck learned personally during a time in his life when he withdrew, slowed down, and spent extended time reflecting and renewing. To give you a taste of the kinds of insights the book contains, this is how Chuck begins chapter one: “Deep things are intriguing. Deep jungles. Deep water. Deep caves and canyons. Deep thoughts and conversations… There is nothing like depth to make us dissatisfied with superficial, shallow things. Once we have delved below the surface and had a taste of the marvels and mysteries of the deep, we realize the value of taking the time and going to the trouble of pluming those depths … This is especially true in the spiritual realm. God invites us to go deeper rather than to be content with surface matters.” That thought changed my life. I decided I wanted to go deep instead of wide in all of life. Rather than doing lots of things in a superficial manner, I wanted to do fewer things but go deep with them. First, in my life with God I wanted to spend the time to go deep with Him. Second, in my life as a husband and as a father I resolved to simplify and slow our lives down to increase the quality of our family life. Going deep also involved my life as a pastor. I starting asking God for a smaller church with fewer people so rather than touching a lot of people a little, I could go deeper with a smaller group. I wanted to go deep instead of wide in all of life, beginning with God and then extending out to everything and everyone else. Doing that requires slowing down and simplifying across the spectrum of life. The more we are involved in and the faster we move, the more superficial we must be to fit it all in. This is about selfcare, but it’s also about everyone-else-care too. Everyone else in your life, especially those closest to you, will benefit from you going deeper instead of wider. We will explore this idea more tomorrow and I will describe for you a few very large changes I made in my own life thanks to this concept of deep rather than wide. But as we close this morning, I want to share with you an admission from Pastor John Mark Comer which he shared in his book “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry.” “All of my worst moments come when I’m in a hurry.” In other words, that faster he goes and the more he tries to do, the less effective he becomes in all of them. How about you? Are you moving too fast through life, trying to do too much? Do you need to slow down a little and go deeper rather than wider? God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00 – in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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