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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday in Lent - Year A
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Genesis 12: 1-4a			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The LORD spoke to Abram\, and said: \n“Get up and leave your country\, your relatives and the family of your parents\, and move to the land that I will show you. I will make things go well for you and see that your descendants become a great nation. I will see to it that you are remembered as one of the greats; as one whose life was a blessing to others. I will do good to those who do good to you\, and I will pull the rug out from under anyone who pulls the rug out from under you. Life will be better for everyone on earth because of you.” \nSo Abram got up and left Haran\, just as the LORD had told him to. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 121			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	If we look to the mountains\,\nwill we find security there? \nNo\, our security comes from you alone\,\nthe LORD\, the maker of earth and sky. \nYou are on the alert\, twenty four hours a day\,\nmaking sure that we don’t lose our footing. \nYou never slack off or take a nap\,\nbut constantly guard your people. \nYou keep us safe\, LORD\,\nyou are always at our side to shield us. \nWhile the sun shines\, nothing can harm us;\nthe moon comes up\, but still we are safe. \nYou stand between us and all evil\, LORD;\nyou keep our lives clear of danger. \nWhether we are coming or going\,\nyou look after us\, LORD;\nyou always have and always will. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Romans 4: 1-5\, 13-17			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	How does our new perspective on faith affect the way we understand the example set by our ancestor Abraham? If Abraham had earned God’s acceptance through his own hard work\, then he could quite fairly claim to be a cut above the rest of us\, though not above God of course. But that is not the way it happened. As the scriptures clearly say: “Abraham put his trust in God\, and God counted that as the equivalent of a perfect life.” \nWhen people put in an honest day’s work\, their wages are not thought of as a gift\, but as something they have earned. But no one can earn God’s acceptance. Instead of claiming it as an entitlement\, we can only put our trust in God\, who generously treats such trust as the equivalent of a perfect life\, and puts right those who could never make the grade on their own. \nWhen God promised Abraham that he and his descendants would inherit the earth\, it was not because Abraham had earned it by following God’s instructions to the letter. Instead it was a gift given when God put things right for Abraham in response to the trust he had shown. If it were possible to earn the rights to the earth by rigid compliance with the law\, then basic values like trust and promise would be irrelevant. It would all become just another legal contract to be negotiated. Tie it all up in fine print and it will only end up serving as evidence against you; but where the relationship is conducted on the basis of trust\, no one goes on the lookout for very possible breach. \nSo instead of being a legal matter\, the fulfilment of the promise is conditional only on people’s willingness to put their trust in God. It is simply an expression of God’s generosity\, and that’s why it is guaranteed to always be available to everyone. Whether you were raised in a culture where observing the religious law was the norm\, or whether you have simply stepped out and put your trust in God like Abraham did\, the promise is open to you. After all\, both groups can rightly trace their line back to Abraham\, and the scriptures say that God promised to make him the father of many nations. When it looked like Abraham wouldn’t ever become the father of anyone\, he trusted his future into the hands of God\, believing that the God who can bring life out of death could create something out of nothing. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  John 3: 1-17			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	There was a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Pharisee party and a leader in the Jewish nation. Late one night he came to speak with Jesus. He said\, “Rabbi\, we recognise that God has sent you as a teacher and that God is with you. How else could you do these things which are so clearly the work of God?” \nJesus answered him\, “Right you are. And let me tell you this: no one will see the full life of God without being born into it from above.” \nNicodemus was taken aback. “How can this be?” he asked\, “A person can only be born once. None of us can go back to the womb and be born again.” \nJesus replied saying: \n“Listen again\, for it is important that you get this. There is only one way into the full life of God\, and it is through a birth of water and Spirit. A baby that emerges from a womb got its body from the bodies of its parents. But a growing person is not just a body\, and the life-force within them emerges from the womb of the Spirit. So don’t be surprised that I said you have to be born from above. You can’t control or predict these things. They are like the wind. You can hear it coming and see what it does\, but what’s driving it or where it is going next is anyone’s guess. God’s Spirit is like the wind\, and so are all those who are born of the Spirit.” \nBut Nicodemus said\, “I’m not with you. How can these things be?” \nJesus replied: \n“How can you set yourself up as one of the teachers of Israel when you are struggling to get your head around the basics? \n“Listen carefully because I’m speaking the truth. We know these things from our own experience\, we’ve seen them with our own eyes\, and yet you fob us off as though we were reporting a rumour we’d heard in the street. If I told you the sky was blue\, you’d blink and take another look\, so what chance is there of you believing anything I have to say about the ways of God? How are you going to check out what I say? None of you have ever gone up and stood face to face with God. The only one who has done that is the New Human\, the one who came from God in the first place. You know the old story from the desert: the one about Moses lifting up the hand-made snake so that the people could look at something that would help them to focus their trust in God. Well\, the New Human is going to be lifted up for much the same reason. Everyone who looks up to him in trust and hope will receive life without limit. \n“God’s love for the world is so overwhelming that even giving up his own son was not too great a cost to ensure that no one need succumb to death. All those who put their trust in him can have boundless life instead. \n“God didn’t put his son’s life on the line merely to bring down the hammer and pass sentence on us. Rather\, God saw the world in desperate trouble and sent the Son on a cosmic rescue mission.” \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton Laughingbird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  OR  Matthew 17: 1-9  (if the last Sunday before Lent was not observed as Transfiguration Sunday)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jesus took Peter and the brothers\, James and John\, and led them off up a high mountain. Before their very eyes\, the way Jesus looked was suddenly changed from the inside out. His face shone like the sun and his clothing became so white it was dazzling. And\, lo and behold\, they saw Moses and Elijah there too\, in deep conversation with Jesus. \nPeter said\, “Lord\, this is fantastic! What a moment! If you like\, I will knock up three huts\, so that you\, Moses and Elijah can all stay here longer.” \nEven before he finished getting the words out\, a dazzling cloud engulfed them all. Deep within the cloud\, a voice boomed forth: “This is my Son\, the love of my life\, who fills me with pride. Listen to him!” \nWhen Peter\, James and John heard this\, they hit the deck\, dumbfounded. But Jesus came and tapped them on the shoulders and said\, “Up you get! There’s nothing to be afraid of!” \nAnd when they looked up\, everything looked normal again and they saw no one there but Jesus. \nAs they were coming back down the mountain\, Jesus swore them to secrecy\, saying\, “Don’t breathe a word to anyone about what you’ve seen until the New Human has been raised from the dead.” \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you are our help\, our protector\, our saviour. \nYou made the heavens and earth\,\ncalling into existence things which were not.\nYou founded a people for yourself\non the faithful obedience of Abraham\,\nand led them through your law and prophets. \nFrom the depths of your love\nyou sent your Son into the world\,\nnot to condemn it\, but to save it.\nWhen he was lifted up on the cross and killed\,\nyou raised him to life again\,\nand opened the life of your Kingdom\nto all who believe and are born of water and Spirit.\nCalling us to entrust our destinies\nto the unpredictable currents of your Spirit\,\nand in faith follow your call into unknown places\,\nyou have invited us to share in your gracious promise\,\na promise of blessing for all the earth. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give you thanks for sending your Son into the world\,\nnot to condemn it\, but to save it\,\nand to open the life of your Kingdom\nto all who believe and are born of water and Spirit. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you are our help\, our protector\, our saviour. \nYou made the heavens and earth\,\ncalling into existence things which were not.\nYou founded a people for yourself\non the faithful obedience of Abraham\,\nand led them through your law and prophets. \nFrom the depths of your love\nyou sent your Son into the world\,\nnot to condemn it\, but to save it.\nWhen he was lifted up on the cross and killed\,\nyou raised him to life again\,\nand opened the life of your Kingdom\nto all who believe and are born of water and Spirit.\nCalling us to entrust our destinies\nto the unpredictable currents of your Spirit\,\nand in faith follow your call into unknown places\,\nyou have invited us to share in your gracious promise\,\na promise of blessing for all the earth. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	If we put our trust in the one who justifies the ungodly\,\nGod counts our faith as righteousness\,\nfor God did not send the Son into the world\nto condemn us\nbut in order that the world might be saved through him. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go out into the world at the call of God.\nFind your help in the Lord\,\nand allow the Spirit to carry you wherever she blows. \nAnd may God shelter you from evil and keep you from stumbling;\nMay Christ Jesus secure your life in faith;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit carry you on the winds of God’s love. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nRisk Evaluation and Reckless TrustA sermon on Genesis 12:1-4 & John 3: 1-17 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nBirth\, New Birth and the Kingdom of GodA sermon on John 3: 1-17 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nBirth\, New Birth and the Culture of God This sermon on John 3: 1-17& Genesis 12:1-4 by Nathan Nettleton  consists mostly of a merger of the previous two above.\n\n\n\nA New Start in the Great UnknownA sermon on Genesis 12:1-4 & John 3: 1-17 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nThe Lord is your KeeperA sermon on Psalm 121 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nHobbits\, Abram\, and other JourneysA sermon on Genesis 12:1-4 & John 3: 1-17 by Margie Dahl\n\n\n\nA Name on the WayA sermon on Genesis 12:1-4; Psalm 121  & John 3: 1-17 by Nathan Nettleton
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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday in Lent - Year A
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Genesis 12: 1-4a			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The LORD spoke to Abram\, and said: \n“Get up and leave your country\, your relatives and the family of your parents\, and move to the land that I will show you. I will make things go well for you and see that your descendants become a great nation. I will see to it that you are remembered as one of the greats; as one whose life was a blessing to others. I will do good to those who do good to you\, and I will pull the rug out from under anyone who pulls the rug out from under you. Life will be better for everyone on earth because of you.” \nSo Abram got up and left Haran\, just as the LORD had told him to. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 121			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	If we look to the mountains\,\nwill we find security there? \nNo\, our security comes from you alone\,\nthe LORD\, the maker of earth and sky. \nYou are on the alert\, twenty four hours a day\,\nmaking sure that we don’t lose our footing. \nYou never slack off or take a nap\,\nbut constantly guard your people. \nYou keep us safe\, LORD\,\nyou are always at our side to shield us. \nWhile the sun shines\, nothing can harm us;\nthe moon comes up\, but still we are safe. \nYou stand between us and all evil\, LORD;\nyou keep our lives clear of danger. \nWhether we are coming or going\,\nyou look after us\, LORD;\nyou always have and always will. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Romans 4: 1-5\, 13-17			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	How does our new perspective on faith affect the way we understand the example set by our ancestor Abraham? If Abraham had earned God’s acceptance through his own hard work\, then he could quite fairly claim to be a cut above the rest of us\, though not above God of course. But that is not the way it happened. As the scriptures clearly say: “Abraham put his trust in God\, and God counted that as the equivalent of a perfect life.” \nWhen people put in an honest day’s work\, their wages are not thought of as a gift\, but as something they have earned. But no one can earn God’s acceptance. Instead of claiming it as an entitlement\, we can only put our trust in God\, who generously treats such trust as the equivalent of a perfect life\, and puts right those who could never make the grade on their own. \nWhen God promised Abraham that he and his descendants would inherit the earth\, it was not because Abraham had earned it by following God’s instructions to the letter. Instead it was a gift given when God put things right for Abraham in response to the trust he had shown. If it were possible to earn the rights to the earth by rigid compliance with the law\, then basic values like trust and promise would be irrelevant. It would all become just another legal contract to be negotiated. Tie it all up in fine print and it will only end up serving as evidence against you; but where the relationship is conducted on the basis of trust\, no one goes on the lookout for very possible breach. \nSo instead of being a legal matter\, the fulfilment of the promise is conditional only on people’s willingness to put their trust in God. It is simply an expression of God’s generosity\, and that’s why it is guaranteed to always be available to everyone. Whether you were raised in a culture where observing the religious law was the norm\, or whether you have simply stepped out and put your trust in God like Abraham did\, the promise is open to you. After all\, both groups can rightly trace their line back to Abraham\, and the scriptures say that God promised to make him the father of many nations. When it looked like Abraham wouldn’t ever become the father of anyone\, he trusted his future into the hands of God\, believing that the God who can bring life out of death could create something out of nothing. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  John 3: 1-17			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	There was a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Pharisee party and a leader in the Jewish nation. Late one night he came to speak with Jesus. He said\, “Rabbi\, we recognise that God has sent you as a teacher and that God is with you. How else could you do these things which are so clearly the work of God?” \nJesus answered him\, “Right you are. And let me tell you this: no one will see the full life of God without being born into it from above.” \nNicodemus was taken aback. “How can this be?” he asked\, “A person can only be born once. None of us can go back to the womb and be born again.” \nJesus replied saying: \n“Listen again\, for it is important that you get this. There is only one way into the full life of God\, and it is through a birth of water and Spirit. A baby that emerges from a womb got its body from the bodies of its parents. But a growing person is not just a body\, and the life-force within them emerges from the womb of the Spirit. So don’t be surprised that I said you have to be born from above. You can’t control or predict these things. They are like the wind. You can hear it coming and see what it does\, but what’s driving it or where it is going next is anyone’s guess. God’s Spirit is like the wind\, and so are all those who are born of the Spirit.” \nBut Nicodemus said\, “I’m not with you. How can these things be?” \nJesus replied: \n“How can you set yourself up as one of the teachers of Israel when you are struggling to get your head around the basics? \n“Listen carefully because I’m speaking the truth. We know these things from our own experience\, we’ve seen them with our own eyes\, and yet you fob us off as though we were reporting a rumour we’d heard in the street. If I told you the sky was blue\, you’d blink and take another look\, so what chance is there of you believing anything I have to say about the ways of God? How are you going to check out what I say? None of you have ever gone up and stood face to face with God. The only one who has done that is the New Human\, the one who came from God in the first place. You know the old story from the desert: the one about Moses lifting up the hand-made snake so that the people could look at something that would help them to focus their trust in God. Well\, the New Human is going to be lifted up for much the same reason. Everyone who looks up to him in trust and hope will receive life without limit. \n“God’s love for the world is so overwhelming that even giving up his own son was not too great a cost to ensure that no one need succumb to death. All those who put their trust in him can have boundless life instead. \n“God didn’t put his son’s life on the line merely to bring down the hammer and pass sentence on us. Rather\, God saw the world in desperate trouble and sent the Son on a cosmic rescue mission.” \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton Laughingbird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  OR  Matthew 17: 1-9  (if the last Sunday before Lent was not observed as Transfiguration Sunday)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jesus took Peter and the brothers\, James and John\, and led them off up a high mountain. Before their very eyes\, the way Jesus looked was suddenly changed from the inside out. His face shone like the sun and his clothing became so white it was dazzling. And\, lo and behold\, they saw Moses and Elijah there too\, in deep conversation with Jesus. \nPeter said\, “Lord\, this is fantastic! What a moment! If you like\, I will knock up three huts\, so that you\, Moses and Elijah can all stay here longer.” \nEven before he finished getting the words out\, a dazzling cloud engulfed them all. Deep within the cloud\, a voice boomed forth: “This is my Son\, the love of my life\, who fills me with pride. Listen to him!” \nWhen Peter\, James and John heard this\, they hit the deck\, dumbfounded. But Jesus came and tapped them on the shoulders and said\, “Up you get! There’s nothing to be afraid of!” \nAnd when they looked up\, everything looked normal again and they saw no one there but Jesus. \nAs they were coming back down the mountain\, Jesus swore them to secrecy\, saying\, “Don’t breathe a word to anyone about what you’ve seen until the New Human has been raised from the dead.” \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you are our help\, our protector\, our saviour. \nYou made the heavens and earth\,\ncalling into existence things which were not.\nYou founded a people for yourself\non the faithful obedience of Abraham\,\nand led them through your law and prophets. \nFrom the depths of your love\nyou sent your Son into the world\,\nnot to condemn it\, but to save it.\nWhen he was lifted up on the cross and killed\,\nyou raised him to life again\,\nand opened the life of your Kingdom\nto all who believe and are born of water and Spirit.\nCalling us to entrust our destinies\nto the unpredictable currents of your Spirit\,\nand in faith follow your call into unknown places\,\nyou have invited us to share in your gracious promise\,\na promise of blessing for all the earth. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give you thanks for sending your Son into the world\,\nnot to condemn it\, but to save it\,\nand to open the life of your Kingdom\nto all who believe and are born of water and Spirit. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you are our help\, our protector\, our saviour. \nYou made the heavens and earth\,\ncalling into existence things which were not.\nYou founded a people for yourself\non the faithful obedience of Abraham\,\nand led them through your law and prophets. \nFrom the depths of your love\nyou sent your Son into the world\,\nnot to condemn it\, but to save it.\nWhen he was lifted up on the cross and killed\,\nyou raised him to life again\,\nand opened the life of your Kingdom\nto all who believe and are born of water and Spirit.\nCalling us to entrust our destinies\nto the unpredictable currents of your Spirit\,\nand in faith follow your call into unknown places\,\nyou have invited us to share in your gracious promise\,\na promise of blessing for all the earth. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	If we put our trust in the one who justifies the ungodly\,\nGod counts our faith as righteousness\,\nfor God did not send the Son into the world\nto condemn us\nbut in order that the world might be saved through him. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go out into the world at the call of God.\nFind your help in the Lord\,\nand allow the Spirit to carry you wherever she blows. \nAnd may God shelter you from evil and keep you from stumbling;\nMay Christ Jesus secure your life in faith;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit carry you on the winds of God’s love. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nRisk Evaluation and Reckless TrustA sermon on Genesis 12:1-4 & John 3: 1-17 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nBirth\, New Birth and the Kingdom of GodA sermon on John 3: 1-17 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nBirth\, New Birth and the Culture of God This sermon on John 3: 1-17& Genesis 12:1-4 by Nathan Nettleton  consists mostly of a merger of the previous two above.\n\n\n\nA New Start in the Great UnknownA sermon on Genesis 12:1-4 & John 3: 1-17 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nThe Lord is your KeeperA sermon on Psalm 121 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nHobbits\, Abram\, and other JourneysA sermon on Genesis 12:1-4 & John 3: 1-17 by Margie Dahl\n\n\n\nA Name on the WayA sermon on Genesis 12:1-4; Psalm 121  & John 3: 1-17 by Nathan Nettleton
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