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Jan 2025
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ep. 40 overcoming selfishness with Jesus

Braxten Mecham
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In this week's episode -- the second episode in our "overcomers" series -- we are going to discuss the dangers of selfishness, what God's Word says about it, and how to overcome it with God's help. The scripture we will cover this week is James 3:16, Philippians 2:3-4, Mark 10:43-45.



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