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84 Cards in this Set
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"Tattered Bibles...
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...are usually owned by people who aren't." --Unknown
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"He is no fool...
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...who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." --Jim Elliott
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"Wise men...
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...still seek him." --Alan Ahlgrim
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"Nobody's perfect.
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...That's why we need a savior." --Alan Ahlgrim
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"God doesn't call the...
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...equipped. He equips the called." --Unknown
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"I don't know what the future holds...
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...but I know who holds the future." --Alan Ahlgrim
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"How you suffer...
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...is part of your testimony." --Cris Crisfield based upon Philippians 1:29
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"You can't keep the birds...
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...from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair." --St. Augustine
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"In matters of faith...
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...unity; of opinion... liberty; and in all things... love." --Alan Ahlgrim
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"A good leader takes people...
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...where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they ought to be." --Alan Ahlgrim
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"Your education...
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...far exceeds your obedience." --Alan Ahlgrim
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"Choose to do it God's way...
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...and He blesses you. Choose to do it your way and He hammers you." --Chuck Macune re: Old Testament macro theme
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"When you open your Bible...
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...God speaks to you. When you close your Bible, God stops speaking." --Rick Warren
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"God is far more interested in...
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...your character than your comfort, your holiness than your happiness, and your attitude than your aptitude." --Rick Warren
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"What you pray about...
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...is what you depend upon God for." --Unknown
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"Never be afraid to trust...
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...an unknown future to a known God." --Unknown
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God trumps uncertainty
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"While you often cannot change...
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...your circumstances, you can change your mind." --Alan Ahlgrim
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You choose your reaction
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"Success never builds...
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...character." --Dr. Jerry White, Navigators
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Growth through hardship
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"The hard things that happen to you...
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...demonstrate the grace of God to others." --Dr. Jerry White
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Demonstration of grace
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"If God is with us,
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...who can be against us." --Alan Ahlgrim
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God trumps all
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"Kids raised to love Jesus...
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...usually do." --Alan Ahlgrim
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"The quality of life is determined by...
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...our choices, not chances." --Alan Ahlgrim
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"You are...
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...your habits." --Alan Ahlgrim
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"Evangelism is just one beggar...
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...telling another where the free bread is." --Ed McQueen, RMCC
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"Peace and joy are not merely found...
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...in the absence of difficulty, but in the presence of God." --Alan Ahlgrim
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Minus the difficulty and with God
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"Bitterness is like drinking...
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...a poison and expecting the other person to die." --Alan Ahlgrim
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"Duty is...
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...yours. Results are God's." --John Quincy Adams
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Keep it simple. Just do the right thing and don't worry about the outcome.
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"Forgiveness is a...
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...gift. Trust is earned." --Alan Ahlgrim
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Forgiveness is setting...
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...a prisoner free... and then realizing that the prisoner is you." --Alan Ahlgrim
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Don't hold yourself captive
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"There are no accidents...
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...in the life of a Christian." --Alan Ahlgrim
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“Coincidence is...
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...God acting anonymously.” --Unknown
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“Even though the Lord knows us the best...
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... he loves us the most.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“The Lord knows our every...
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...thought. May each of our thoughts honor Him.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“The key to a successful marriage...
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...is not first in finding the right person, but in being the right person.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“Far more is caught...
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...than taught.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“What are you living for that’s worth...
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...dying for and that God would find worth rewarding you for?” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“Aim for happiness and you’ll get...
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...frustration. Aim for holiness and you’ll get joy with fulfillment thrown in.” --Ed McQueen
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“You’ve got time for...
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...whatever you do first.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“Why would you think God would let Jesus...
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...endure hardship, but not you?” --Rick Warren
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“Every temptation is an...
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...opportunity to grow.” --Rick Warren
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“Is anybody going to be in heaven...
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...because of you?” --Rick Warren
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“When you change who you work for,
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...it changes your work into worship.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“Preach always,
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...and if necessary, use words.” --St. Augustine
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“The reason you cannot find completeness...
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...in this world is because you were created for another.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“Joy is a choice we make...
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...despite our circumstances.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“Our hearts always go...
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...where we put God’s money.” --Loren Ankarlo
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“God doesn’t want your money;
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...He wants your heart.” --Rick Thielen, RMCC
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“According to Jesus, following His will...
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...is a reflection of being His follower.” --Alan Ahlgrim re: Matthew 7:13-23
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“Giving is the only antidote...
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...to materialism.” --Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle
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“You can’t take it with you,
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...but you can send it ahead.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“I’m investing in...
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...my post-retirement plan.” --Unknown
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“Temptation is not a sin…
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...and it always provides a choice.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“While we are not saved by our efforts,
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...our salvation will result in our efforts.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“Faith is...
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...active obedience.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“Grace is a gift you...
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...don’t deserve and cannot earn.” --Unknown
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“The primary purpose of prayer...
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...is that God be glorified in the answer.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“The blessing is from...
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...God, through us, and for others.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“What is leadership...
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...if not influence.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“Leave a legacy of how...
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...you live and how you give.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“Your marriage isn’t really about the relationship between...
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...you and your spouse; it’s really a reflection of your relationship with Christ.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“Your problems don’t define...
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...you. Your response to your problems defines you. Your faith defines you. Your relationship with Christ defines you.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“When I die I’m going to
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...heaven. And I want to take as many people with me as I can.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“You can tell the size of a man...
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...by what makes him angry.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“You are no richer than...
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...your relationships.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“You have nothing to say until...
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you’ve sought your Father (in prayer).” --Mark Scott
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“When you believe that nothing good can happen through you,
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...you have said more about your faith in God than you have about yourself.” --Henry Blackaby
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“All too soon this life shall...
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...pass. Only what’s done for Christ shall last.” --Unknown
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“How can you have a bad day...
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...when you know you’re going to heaven when you die? You need to live with an attitude of celebration.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“Focus on giants, you...
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...stumble. Focus on God, your giants tumble.” --Max Lucado in Facing Your Giants
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"One of the reasons God allows us to be in the pit at times...
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...is to test us and to build a testimony in us.” --Alan Ahlgrim re: Psalm 40:3
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“Faith is to believe what...
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...you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” --St. Augustine
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“God had one son on earth without...
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...sin, but never one without suffering.” --St. Augustine
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“God judged it better to bring...
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...good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.” --St. Augustine
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“He who created us without...
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...our help will not save us without our consent.” --St. Augustine
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“If you believe what you like in the gospels,
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...and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.” --St. Augustine
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“It was pride that changed angels...
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...into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.” --St. Augustine
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“Motive...
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... matters.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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“A light shines brightest...
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...in the darkness.” --Alan Ahlgrim
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"What you are is...
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...God's gift to you; what you do with what you are is your gift to God." --public address announcer, National Western Stock Show, Denver 2008
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"Comfort and prosperity...
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...have never enriched the world as much as adversity has." --Billy Graham
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"I've read the last page..."
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"...of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right." --Rev. Billy Graham
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"Velcro and duct tape can...
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"...make children still and quiet in their chairs, but God wants their hearts." --Rob Otto
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"Home is the first...
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"...seminary that anybody attends." --Rob Otto
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"You can focus on your...
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purposes, or you can focus on your problems." --Rick Warren
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