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Article: THEME FOR THE DAY.(News)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- October 5, 1999
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"If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself." (Matthew 16:24.) A primary reason why we struggle to fulfil Christ's Great Commission is because we are guilty of a great omission: we fail to deny ourselves.
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