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Living Out Sanctification - Contemporary Example

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Imagine a young woman named Maya, who sat in the same pew week after week, caught in the tension between her desires and the call of Christ. She had accepted Jesus but wrestled with how to live out her faith...

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2 Corinthians 5:17

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