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statue

yes no no yes no no no no yes yes no no no no no yes no yes

focus

hear obey hear obey hear obey hear obey hear obey hear obey hear obey

obedience

promise do promise do promise do promise do promise do promise do

trust

work work work work work work rest work work work work work work rest

sabbath

“thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks” “thanks”

gratitude

choose choose choose choose choose choose choose

life

learn one word. learn one word. learn one word. learn one word. learn one word learn one word. learn one word. learn one word. learn one word. learn one word.

memorize the sermon on the mount

We speak. God listens. God speaks. We listen. We speak. God listens. God speaks. We listen. We speak. God listens. God speaks. We listen.

 prayer (from Whole Prayer, Walter Wangerin, Jr.)

one pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. next day. one pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. one more pushup. next day. next day. next day. next day. next day. next day. next day. next day.

one hundred pushups. 

“How would I do that.” listen. try. “How would I do that.” listen. try. “How would I do that.” listen. try.

a skill. 

“I could never do that, not in a million years.”

a waste

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