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John 1:34
I Samuel 3:3-10,19; Psalms 40:2,4,7-10; I Corinthians 6:13-15,17-20; John 1:35-42
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The following ad appeared in the “classified” section of a weekly newspaper:
For sale. Complete Encyclopedia set. Twenty-six volumes in mint condition. Never used. My husband already knows it all.
“The Art of Being a Big Shot” is the title of an article on pride, written by an ex-“Big Shot.” It read in part …
It was my pride that made me independent of God. It was appealing to me to feel that I was the master of my fate; that I could call my own shots; that I could do it my way; that I could go it alone; that I already knew it all. But that smug, self-satisfied, know-it-all feeling was my basic dishonesty. From somewhere down in the depths of my soul came the discovery that declaring independence from God is the universal religion of hell! Nothing in life is more hellish than asking oneself the question, “Why was I born … Why am I living?” — and coming up empty.
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