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Me: This is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prodigal: Ok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: ASAP:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Always Say A Prayer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is from the book The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If any man would come after me, let him deny himself.” The disciple must say to himself the same words Peter said of Christ when he denied him: “I know not this man,” Self-denial is never just a series of isolated acts of mortification or asceticism. It is not suicide, for there is an element of self-will even in that. To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only him who goes before and no more the road which is too hard for us. Once more, all that self-denial can say is: “He leads the way, keep close to him.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go. Acts 16:35 (KJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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