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A journey begins with a single step and without that first step the journey will not take place; likewise, a lifetime of walking with God requires that all important first step of faith to be taken.
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Multitudes upon multitudes do stand on the threshold of the door of salvation in a deep valley of indecision unwilling to make that all important first step of faith.
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Faith is the willingness to utterly abandon our own ways in favor of God's ways.
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Jesus said, whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but he who loses his life for my sake shall save it.
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By dying to ourselves, we become alive in Christ and if we live in Christ (believe) we shall obtain everlasting life.
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