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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 289: Romans 9 Part 1 The Sovereignty of God</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>What is the sovereignty of God and what does it mean for us? Do we have a choice?</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>We are tackling a very deep subject in the next two podcasts: the Sovereignty of God. What does it mean that God is sovereign and what does it mean for you and me? Do we have any say in anything or is God just sitting up there in heaven with a game controller and playing with our lives like a video game? People have written books on this subject but we’ll break it down to help you understand that God is for you, not against you and you do have a choice; you do have a say in the matter. You can choose to be on the winning team and say “Hallelujah…Thank you Jesus!” 
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  <title>Episode 287: Romans 8 Part 2 Who Controls Your Mind?</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Who is our guiding your life? Sin or the Holy Spirit?</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Imagine your mind having a steering wheel and there is a fork in the road ahead. The road to the left leads to hell and the road to the right leads to heaven. If the power of sin has control of your thoughts, then you will automatically steer in the direction to the left. You will take the road that leads you farther away from God when you choose sin. If the Holy Spirit is dominating your thoughts, then you will steer to the right because you will take the road that leads you closer to God…Every…Time…In fact, Paul says if we don’t have the Holy Spirit living inside of us, controlling our thoughts, then we cannot please God!  
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