Oct. 15, 2025

Salvation Now in the End Times

Send us a text The ground beneath our routines is shaking, and the timeline for “someday” just ran out. We open a clear path from empty religion to a living relationship with Jesus—one marked by surrender, transformation, and Spirit-filled community. Drawing from Matthew 25, Romans 10, Hebrews 9:27, and Isaiah 53, we lay out why preparation matters more than platitudes and why “soon” in the kingdom often looks like “suddenly” in real life. We start with the midnight cry: wars, cold love, and...

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The ground beneath our routines is shaking, and the timeline for “someday” just ran out. We open a clear path from empty religion to a living relationship with Jesus—one marked by surrender, transformation, and Spirit-filled community. Drawing from Matthew 25, Romans 10, Hebrews 9:27, and Isaiah 53, we lay out why preparation matters more than platitudes and why “soon” in the kingdom often looks like “suddenly” in real life.

We start with the midnight cry: wars, cold love, and truth traded for emotion—signs Jesus warned us about. From there, we unpack the ten virgins and the difference between desire and readiness, lamps and oil, profession and preparation. Salvation isn’t a line you cross and then coast; it’s a Lord you follow and a cross you carry. The evidence isn’t perfection; it’s direction—honesty over spin, repentance over excuses, hunger for God’s word over hunger for the world’s approval. We press against the enemy’s favorite lie—“you still have time”—and counter it with the clarity of Scripture: death, then judgment; grace, then glory.

We also get practical. A prayer of surrender is a beginning, not a finish line. We point you toward a Bible-preaching, Spirit-filled church, rhythms of Scripture and repentance, and a community that keeps oil in your lamp when midnight hits. This is a call to live watchful and holy without panic or hype, to let the cross break what’s brittle and rebuild what’s true. We close with a sober hope: the door is still open, but the hinges are groaning. If your heart is pounding, that tug may be the Spirit saying, “Now.”

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Rick

Be An Encourager...Not A Discourager!

Chapters

00:36 - The Sound of the Clock

01:41 - What Salvation Really Means

03:09 - The Deception of Delay

04:25 - Salvation is Not Cheap

05:39 - The End-Time Divide

06:43 - The Final Warning

08:12 - The Call to the Heart

09:16 - Prayer of Surrender

11:29 - Closing Charge

Transcript

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Hey, welcome to Renewed Mindsets.

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I'm Rick, and I'm so glad you're here.

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Today's message is going to be a little different.

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We're not doing a whole lot of teaching about anything specific, but it's urgent because we're running out of time.

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The shaking has begun.

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Eternity is no longer a distant thought.

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It's standing at the door.

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Every prophecy that Jesus gave about his return is echoing across the earth right now.

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Wars, rumors of wars, nations rising against nations, love growing cold, truth being traded for emotion, the stage is set exactly as Jesus said it would be.

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When he spoke of the ten virgins in Matthew 25, he said that while the bridegroom delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

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Five were wise and five were foolish.

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The difference wasn't in what they believed, it was in their preparation.

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The wise had oil in their lamps.

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The foolis assumed there would be time to get ready later.

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People, later is over.

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The midnight cry is here, the trumpet is warming up.

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Salvation is no longer theological discussion worthy.

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It's a lifeline.

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Salvation isn't a prayer that you repeat, it's a surrender that you live.

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It's not about raising a hand once, it's about laying down your life daily.

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Romans 10:9 says, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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But you gotta notice that begins with Lordship.

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Jesus as ruler, master, king.

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You can't invite him into your life and still sit on the throne yourself.

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In a world where everybody claims to know God, true salvation is marked by transformation.

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You used to lie, now you tell the truth.

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You used to run to sin, now you run from it.

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You used to crave the world, and now you crave his word.

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The evidence of salvation is not perfection, but direction.

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Are you still moving toward him?

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Or have you stopped at the confession point and never stepped into conversion?

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The enemy's favorite lie isn't there's no God.

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It's you still have time.

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He doesn't need you to reject Christ, he just needs you to postpone him.

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But the Bible says in Hebrews 9 27, it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.

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Yeah, no second chances, no time extensions, no appeals.

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We plan everything in life.

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We plan our careers, vacations, retirement, but we never plan for eternity.

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People say, I'll get serious about God later.

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But later never comes.

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The Bible says today is the day of salvation.

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In Noah's day, the people saw the ark being built for years, like a hundred years.

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But when the door shut, their cries came too late.

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That's a picture of grace closing.

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Right now, the door is still open, but the hinges are groaning, and the countdown is real.

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Grace is free, but it isn't cheap.

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It cost the blood of the Son of God.

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He took every sin, every lie, every addiction, every secret, and nailed it to a cross.

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Isaiah 53, 5 says, He was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities.

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The punishment that brought us peace was on him.

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You can't look at the cross and walk away unchanged.

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If salvation has truly touched you, it will break you before it rebuilds you.

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It will strip pride before it restores peace.

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Too many people want a savior, but not a Lord.

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They want forgiveness, but not repentance.

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But Jesus never separated the two.

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He said, If anyone wants to follow me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

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Following Jesus is not adding him to your life.

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No, it's surrendering your life to him.

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Right now in the world, we're watching the great separation that Jesus spoke of sheep and goats, wheat and tares, true believers and pretenders.

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They will talk about God, but live like the world.

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That is the deception of this hour that we're living in.

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To think religion will save you when only a relationship will.

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Salvation is not found in church attendance.

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It's not found in baptism certificates or social media testimonies.

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It's found in a heart that's been washed in the blood of Jesus.

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If Christ returned tonight, would he recognize you as his own?

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Would he say, Well done, good and faithful servant?

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Or would he say, Depart from me?

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I don't know you.

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Revelation 22, twelve says, Behold, I am coming soon.

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My reward is with me.

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Jesus said that.

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Soon does not mean someday.

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It means suddenly.

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The great tribulation, the mark of the beast, the falling away, it's not science fiction, it's not fantasy, it's not stories in an old book, it's prophecy that's being fulfilled as we speak.

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Salvation is not something that you fit into your schedule, it's something that you surrender your schedule for.

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Because once that door closes, once that trumpet sounds, it will not open again.

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The Bible says, as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the coming of the Son of Man.

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People were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planning, and then the flood came.

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Life looked normal until judgment came suddenly.

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And that's exactly how this generation will be caught.

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That's exactly how people who are alive today are going to be caught.

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It's about to happen, people.

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Right now, while breath fills your lungs, the invitation stands.

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Jesus is calling the weary, the broken, the proud, and the pretending.

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He's calling the religious who have never truly repented, and the rebel who thinks he's gone too far.

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There's room at the cross.

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There's still time, but not much.

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If you've wandered, come home.

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If you've never surrendered, do it now.

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And church people, if you are lukewarm, you better repent before the fire falls.

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Salvation isn't just escaping hell, it's embracing the one who loved you enough to take your place.

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Romans 10 13 says, Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

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That includes you right now.

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Now you've heard me say over and over and over, salvation is not just a prayer that you speak once, but you do speak it.

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And then you keep going from there.

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It's not only praying for salvation, but it's repenting of your sin.

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It's getting involved with a group of like-minded Christians at a church.

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I can't even speak sometimes.

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I just get so fired up.

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If you're fishing on Sunday by yourself and say, that's how I worship God, you're not saved.

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You're not.

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You have to be with other believers.

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You have to feed off of each other and support each other and love each other.

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If your heart is pounding right now, that's the conviction of the Holy Spirit.

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Don't ignore it.

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Pray with me right now.

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Father God, I confess that I have sinned against you.

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I believe Jesus Christ is a Son of God who died for me and rose again.

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I turn from my sin and surrender my life to you.

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Be my Lord and Savior.

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Wash me clean.

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Fill me with your Holy Spirit.

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Help me to live ready for your return in Jesus' precious name.

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I pray.

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Amen.

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That's the first step.

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You've got you've got to be born again.

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You have to receive the Holy Spirit for real.

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You have to be an Acts chapter two Christian.

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The Spirit enters you and it changes you.

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Read Acts chapter two.

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That's what you have to have happen.

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That's why you need to get in an active church, a full gospel, Holy Ghost-filled church.

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Friends, if you've prayed that and meant it, you just stepped out of darkness into light.

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But this is only the beginning.

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Open your Bible, open the Word of God, find a Bible preaching church, Holy Ghost filled.

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Surround yourself with believers who chase holiness, not hype, not games.

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The world is closing in.

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The systems of the beast are aligning.

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But so is the bride of Christ.

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Don't waste another day chasing what's going to soon be burnt up.

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Chase the one who's eternal.

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Time is running out, but grace still stands wide open.

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The next two episodes are going to be powerful.

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Next week, we're going to be talking about witchcraft.

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And then the next week, I'll have Lauren with me.

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We'll be doing our annual anti-Halloween episode.

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Last year, that became one of the biggest episodes we've had.

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So we've got all brand new stuff for you.

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I love you.

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Stick with us.

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The executive producer of Renewed Mindsets is Christy McCurry.

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That's all for today, but I'll be back with more unfiltered biblical truth and undeniable prophecy.

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The time to wake up is now.

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If today's episode challenged you, don't keep it to yourself.

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Jesus is coming soon.

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Stay watchful.

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Stay holy.

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Stay renewed.

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Until next week, I'm re an encourager, not a discourager.

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I love you.

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See ya! The intro and outro music for the Renewed Mindset podcast is Are You Ready by Bloodgate?

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From the album Are You Ready?

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Copyright 2002 Puffy Ministries Incorporated.

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Bloodgate can be found on Apple Music and iTunes.

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Music used with permission.

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