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"THE GOD OF THE SPIRITS OF ALL MANKIND"

GOD HIMSELF CREATED HUMANS, AND HE CAN CLEARLY READ THE SPIRIT OF EVERY ONE.

NO CANDIDATE CAN FOOL HIM BY APPEARANCES, AND HE IS FAR MORE ABLE THAN US TO CHOOSE A WORTHY SUCCESSOR.

THIS SAME SPIRIT IS PRESENT IN JOSHUA, MOSES' APPOINTED SUCCESSOR.

HIS SPIRIT - OR GOD'S SPIRIT WITHIN HIM -

IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH HIS OUTWARD ACTIONS AND GIVES HIM THE WISDOM AND RIGHTEOUS CHARACTERISTICS REQUIRED OF THE LEADER OF GOD'S PEOPLE.

WHILE OUR ACTIONS SPEAK VOLUMES ABOUT THE STATE OF OUR HEARTS,

THAT'S ONLY HALF THE BATTLE, FOR EVEN GOOD ACTIONS CAN BE PERFORMED WITH SINFUL MOTIVES.

SEARCH YOUR HEART TODAY TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY WAY IN WHICH YOU ARE TRYING TO "PULL THE WOOL" OVER GOD'S EYES - OR ANYONE ELSE'S.

CONSIDER WHAT YOU MUST DO - STARTING TODAY - TO BRING YOUR INNER AND OUTER LIVES INTO ALIGNMENT.

NU 27: 15-18