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Father, more people are watching my life than listening to my words. Let what they see be honest, kind, and…Father, more people are watching my life than listening to my words. Let what they see be honest, kind, and clean, shaped by reverence for you and not by the need to be right. Where my living contradicts my talking, change me first.
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Thank You for the patience hidden in this promise, that the iniquity of the Amorite was not yet full. You…Thank You for the patience hidden in this promise, that the iniquity of the Amorite was not yet full. You do not rush to judgment. You gave those generations time, and You gave me time too, waiting while I was still far from You.
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