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that Paul lost every earthly thing possible,

from health to finances to friends to

whatever. Even his own nation didn't want

him to live inside the boundaries. He lost

everything. I mean, just read about his life.

Read through the book of Acts. Read

through Paul’s epistles and just look at the

things that he went through for Christ —

and we're so ashamed of the Lord today.

We're afraid that somebody is going to say

something about us or whatever if we are

standing for the Lord Jesus Christ and not

compromising.

Jesus said in Luke 14:28 that you better

count the cost. You know, we have a

tendency to tell people, "Oh, you need to

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