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In that time, if we have a relationship with God, He will protect us, guide us, comfort and console us to the point where we have no need to fear any evil because we know we are protected. Your relationship with God is something nobody can control except you, no one can take it away from you and no one can keep you from it. People will sometimes try to diminish it but that is not for them to decide, your relationship with God is between you and Him; don\u2019t let anyone get in the middle of that. 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