Research Paper On Chasing The Lion

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Today I went to church and was inspired to write… The sermon was about a book called chasing the lion and hence the sermon series is called chasing the lion. My preacher talked about how the book tells others to chase the impossible, like other series he talked about what is our passion or what breaks your heart, so I’ve have thought about it and talk about with my sister and its people… Not just everyday people, but ones that find themselves lost and because of life chooses whether it be theirs or others in their lives, they feel hopeless and unwanted or even undeserving. Why would this be my passion? What breaks my heart? Because I was and some days still feel hopeless or undeserving. The concept of God loving me for all that I am, just because

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