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This volume is a compilation of a series: 31 Days of God's Love-Call is from Hebrew scriptures to help sit with God saying I love you for as long as we can stand it. 31 Days of Jesus Incarnate is about that many who lived in the first third of what we now call the first century in Nazareth near the Sea of Galilee, who we also know as the Son of God, Christ the Anointed One, Savior, Redeemer, Risen Lord, and a host of other names. 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