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True Family by Andrew Wright

8/1/2012

 
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Mark 3:34-35 “ And looking about those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”(HCSB) For most of my life, although I was basically raised in church, if you had shown me this verse, I most likely would have nodded while trying my best to care. In fact, although I believed that Christ did die for our sins, I never really took it that seriously. Church was just something I did. I prayed when I remembered to, and I sang when I was supposed to. I went to church, stood up, sat down, stood up some more, and went home. I knew all of the usual verses. I understood all of the general concepts. But at the end of the day, it wasn't much more than a leg workout. No one was interested in talking to me, and after a while I learned that I was generally not to talk to them. That way of thinking carried over into the rest of my interactions, and ultimately how I viewed myself. But God really does have plans for us, it seems. After a while of my complacency, ​I started to wonder ​why a 

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