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Never a day goes by without our faith being tested and our patience being tried; this is because our faith is a living faith and is not dead.
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It is this very characteristic quality of a living faith that causes many to depart from it, substituting for it man made religions that do not challenge the soul.
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Anyone who has kept living house plants in his home has learned that they require daily attention and nurturing to remain healthy and green.
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Artificial plants and flowers require no more effort or work than an occasional dusting to appear beautiful and alive; this is why many people opt for artificial plants over the living.
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Brethren, it is the change in our lives that a living faith brings and the daily growth of living plants that make both preferable to the artificial.
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Choose life over death.
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