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Feb 2025
15m 55s

Brothers, Consider Your Spirit: The Manl...

DESIRING GOD
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Greg Morse | The pastorate is a manly vocation — one that no man should do alone. Pastors need the Spirit of courage, power, love, and self-control. 
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