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Deny all, the demand of supreme love;

suffer all, the demand to take up thy cross; and

forsake all, the demand of sacrificial living. All

people think about today is how much they can

get, how much they can buy, how much they

can put in the stock market and, you know,

how many millions and millions they can have

when they retire and all those kinds of things.

This is on people's minds, and it's like blinders

on a mule — It destroys our vision; it destroys

our spiritual vision.

Now, let's close in 1 Peter chapter 2. I listen

to testimonies on a weekly basis where people

have a love for God and want to follow Him, but

there's this constant pushing and tug-of-war

and hostility against the Word of God, either by

relatives, friends, or in the household, so I hope

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