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    <description>Let's face it...life sometimes is hard and can just suck. When we are faced with life's challenges we can be discouraged, get tired, and become weary. What we need is motivation, encouragement, and a helping hand that keeps us going. That's the idea of GRINDIT! We find our strength to endure when we focus on Jesus. God's own Son wasn't exempt from life's challenges and He didn't do anything to deserve what he went through! And yet He did...willingly, therefore we find our hope in Him. 
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    <itunes:subtitle>We at GRINDIT want to encourage people to keep going, to keep grinding, when life gets hard. Quitting is not an option!</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Randall Tucker</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>Let's face it...life sometimes is hard and can just suck. When we are faced with life's challenges we can be discouraged, get tired, and become weary. What we need is motivation, encouragement, and a helping hand that keeps us going. That's the idea of GRINDIT! We find our strength to endure when we focus on Jesus. God's own Son wasn't exempt from life's challenges and He didn't do anything to deserve what he went through! And yet He did...willingly, therefore we find our hope in Him. 
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  <title>Episode 514: 2 Timothy 3 Part 3 Where Are You? I Can’t Find You...</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>It must have been tough for Paul to know he is about to die and to be deserted by so many friends and coworkers, to hear the deceivers are running his name in the ground trying to lead the disciples astray.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Looking back in your early years of life, how many of your friends that you were so close to, are still a part of your life? Probably not many, if I had to guess. Sure, they may be a friend on social media, but you haven’t heard from them in years. Paul has poured so much into the kingdom of God, traveling over the known world and preaching the gospel, being chased, beaten, stoned, persecuted in many ways, and now he is in chains, awaiting his death. Many of his coworkers have deserted him, deceivers have come in behind him trying to shame him and convince his followers to give up on him and follow them. So now he turns to Timothy...Timothy, you know me bro...Guard the truth.  
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  <title>Episode 119: Luke 6 Part 2 Jesus: Relationship or Friend Zone? </title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Jesus then goes up on a mountain alone to spend some time with the Father praying and Luke says he prayed all night long. How much time do you spend with God?</itunes:subtitle>
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