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Steve Webb: We need to be aware
of those around us. and we need

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to watch to see what their fruit
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This is the Lifespring!, One
Year Bible coming to you from

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Riverside, California. and
podcasting since 2004. I'm your

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OG Godcaster. Steve Webb, it's
epistle Sunday, and we'll read

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third, John will also have a
time of prayer. and I have an

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update on my shoulder pain. The
website is Lifespringmedia.com.

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and I'll have contact
information at the end of the

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show. Before we read, let's
pray. Our gracious heavenly

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Father, we thank You for Your
Word. We thank you for our time

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together. and we pray, Lord,
that You would bless this time

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teach us today as we read, I
pray in Jesus name. Amen. All

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right, are you ready? Let's
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Third John. From the church
leader, my dear friend gas, whom

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I love, because we share the
truth, my dear friend, I know

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that you're spiritually Well, I
pray that you're doing well in

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every other way, and that you're
healthy. I was very happy when

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some believers came and told us
that you were living according

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to the truth. Nothing makes me
happier than to hear that my

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children are living according to
the truth. Dear friend, you're

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showing your faith in whatever
you do for other believers,

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especially when they're your
guests. These believers have

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told the congregation about your
love, you will do well to

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support them on their trip in a
way that proves you belong to

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God. After all, they went on
their trip to serve the one

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named Christ, and they didn't
accept any help from the people

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to whom they went. We must
support believers who go on

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trips like this, so that we can
work together with them in

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spreading the truth. I wrote a
letter to the congregation. But

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Diotrephes, who loves to be in
charge won't accept us. For this

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reason, when I come, I will
bring up what he's doing. He's

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not satisfied with saying
malicious things about us. He

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also refuses to accept the
believers we send his guests,

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even tries to stop others who
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attempts to throw those people
out of the congregation. and,

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dear friend, never imitate evil,
but imitate good. The person who

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does good as from God, the
person who does evil has never

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seen God. and everyone,
including the truth itself says

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good things about Demetrius, we
also say good things about him.

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and you know that what we say is
true. and I have a lot to write

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to you. However, I'd rather not
write, I hope to visit you very

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soon, then we can talk things
over personally, please be with

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you. Your friends here send you
their greetings, greet each of

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our friends by name. The book of
Third John is addressed to a man

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named Gaius. and there seems to
be several men with his name in

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the Bible, one of whom was
baptized by Paul, we don't

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really know anything more
specific about this case, except

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that John considered him to be a
very close friend. John commends

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gays for the good reports he
hears about him. and for the

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fact that he supports those who
travel around preaching the

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gospel, it's a good thing to
support missionaries, and others

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who are on the front lines
sharing the gospel, because even

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though we may not personally go
out to preach the good news, our

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support for them makes us an
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part of the team. and then John
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named Diotrephes. and he has
good words to say about a person

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named Demetrius John says, never
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The person who does good is from
God, the person who does evil

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has never seen God. So Beloved,
we need to be aware of those

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around us, and we need to watch
to see what their fruit is. So

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according to Third John ministry
by proxy is a thing to support

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those who share the gospel is
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Steve Webb: James Garner sent a
note. He said, "I was listening

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to your description of shoulder
pain and thought it sounded a

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lot like when a diver stays
underwater too long, and they

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get the bends over decompression
sickness. Bends often causes air

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bubbles to settle in major
joints like knees or elbows

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causing individuals to bend over
in excruciating pain. That

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sounds familiar. I wonder if a
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eased you out of it. Anyway, I'm
going to tuck this away in my

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head in case I have to
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Hope you get that gas out sooner
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James. and you know, I never
thought about this being similar

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to the bends. But now that you
mentioned it, it does sound

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similar. and then I got to
thinking that I should do more

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of a search for post
laparoscopic shoulder pain. I

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found a lot of articles when I
did that and boil it all down.

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As many as 80% of patients
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shoulder pain after laparoscopic
abdominal surgery. It seems that

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the trapped co2 Gas migrates up
to the diaphragm which can cause

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irritation of a specific nerve
in the diaphragm. and then that

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irritation is experienced as
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because the two locations are
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nerve. So there really isn't any
gas in the shoulder. But the

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shoulder is experiencing the
pain of the irritated diaphragm.

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I read that the pain usually
resolves within three to five

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days. and it can be helped by
taking warm baths or drinking

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warm liquids, which warms the
diaphragm and helps the co2 to

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dissipate quicker. So this makes
a lot of sense to me. When I

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took my walks, the shoulder pain
got worse probably because being

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upright made the co2 float up to
the diaphragm. and the exercise

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from The Walking made the
diaphragm work harder. So the

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irritation increased which made
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like a 1-2-3 thing. I only wish
I had known that this was a

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common side effect of the
surgery, it would have helped me

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have a lot less anxiety about it
and would have saved me an

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expensive trip to the ER. So I
wrote a note to my surgeon to

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suggest that she tell her
patients that there's a good

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chance that they'll experience
this. She's a young doctor, I

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joke that she looks like she's
about 12 years old. But at my

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age most doctors look very young
anyway, my regular GP I call it

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Doogie Howser, so I'm anxious to
see how she responds anyway. So

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Beloved, if you ever need this
kind of surgery now, you know,

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if they say the more you know,
thank you so much for the note

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James.

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prayer requests and praises.
This prayer request came in to

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me a few days ago from Sister
Brittaney. She said, "Sean and I

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applied for a rental in Arizona.
We've been blessed that we could

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live with my parents for the
past few months upon moving from

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California, but we're excited to
move closer to my job, which is

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also our church. Please pray
that the rental goes through and

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that we can put down roots in
the community." and then the

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very next day this came in from
Brother Sean. He said, "Hi

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Steve, I think Brittaney sent a
prayer request in about us

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finding a home to rent that
prayer has been answered. We

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just got approved for a two
story home in a nice area with a

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grass lawn in the backyard great
for dog and toddler. and this is

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rather rare in the Phoenix area.
We also have beautifully

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maintained walking paths and
playgrounds nearby. I think

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we're going to love it and give
God the credit for navigating us

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to this exact home." Well praise
the Lord brother Sean and sister

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Brittaney. That is awesome.
It'll be nice to be in your own

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home again, I'm sure God is
indeed good. and then Kathi got

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some bad news at her last trip
to the City of Hope her cancer

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markers were up 281 points. That
sounds bad. But what we need to

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remember is that her doctor has
said that he's more concerned

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with PET scans, CT scans and MRI
scans, because markers can

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fluctuate. Now the good news is
that her platelets were up so

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she was able to have an epidural
to help with her pain. We're

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waiting to hear from her doctor
in about a month as to where we

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go from her with the cancer. and
then I have a praise report. The

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pain in my shoulder is much
better. It's not gone. I took a

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walk earlier today before I read
that research. and it did hurt

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but it is better as I sit here
and move my arm you know to move

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the mouse and things like that I
feel no pain. So that's good and

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I am healing well from the
surgery itself. So again, thank

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you for your prayers. Now. Let's
pray. Our loving Heavenly Father

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we thank you for the little book
of Third John and the reminder

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to support those who are doing
the work of sharing the good

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news, missionaries and others
who preach the gospel need a

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team behind them, praying for
them and supplying them with

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what is needed to do the work.
Thank you, Lord, for the ones

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you've sent this season to help
me do the work you called me to

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do. You've given them generous
hearts, and I pray that You

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would bless them many, many
times over for what they've done

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for their prayers and their
donations and their notes of

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encouragement. We thank you and
we praise you, Lord, for sending

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Sean and Brittaney to their new
home. We pray that you will fill

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their house with your love and
your peace, and may your

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presence be felt there from day
one. Bless this family as they

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seek to serve you. We pray now
for Kathi Lord, we pray, Lord,

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that these new numbers for her
cancer markers are just a

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momentary jump, and that the
cancer would continue to be on

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the decline. We pray that the
various scans will continue to

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show a retreat of the disease.
Help Kathi with the pain she's

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feeling Lord, touch her body, we
pray that you would heal her

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completely. and thank you,
Father that my surgery went

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well. I pray that the healing
will continue and will be

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complete. and thank you for
showing me the literature about

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the shoulder pain, it makes it
easier to wait for it to

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dissipate. Thank you that it is
already much better Lord. and

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now Father, I thank you for the
Lifespring family. Bless each

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one today and everyone who's
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through Your Word, whether
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or joined some time during the
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commitment to read or listen
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year has just been the beginning
of a lifetime of reading your

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word every day. We pray these
things in Jesus name, amen. Our

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