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Me:\u00a0 There seems to be a lot going on.<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 Yes, there does.<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 We need to focus on Christ though<\/p>\n

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This is from the book The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer<\/p>\n

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Every age has its own characteristics.\u00a0 Right now we are in an age of religious complexity.\u00a0 The simplicity which is in Christ is rarely found among us.\u00a0 In its stead are programs, methods, organizations and a world or nervous activities which occupy time and attention but can never satisfy the longing of the heart.\u00a0 The shallowness of our inner experience, the hollowness of our worship, and that servile imitation of the world which marks our promotional methods all testify that we, in this day, know God only imperfectly and the peace of God scarcely at all.<\/p>\n

If we would find God amid all the religious externals we must first determine to find Him, and the proceed\u00a0 in the way of simplicity.\u00a0 Now as always God discovers Himself to “babes” and hides Himself in thick darkness from the wise and the prudent.\u00a0 We must simplify our approach to Him.\u00a0 We must strip down to essentials (and they will be found to be blessedly few).\u00a0 We must put away all effort to impress, and come with the guileless candor of childhood.\u00a0 If we do this, without doubt God will quickly respond.<\/p>\n

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John 10:11<\/p>\n

I am the good shepherd The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

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

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n

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