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Archive for Friday, March 20, 2009
Dear John, fourth entry
Friday, March 20, 2009 by Jay T.
John
You wrote:
I was now led to look seriously at the means by which I was drawn from the pure truth, and learned that if I would live such a life as the faithful servants of God lived, I must not go into company as heretofore in my own will, but all the cravings of sense must be governed by a Divine principle.
That helps me in my addictions and back slidings. It’s kind of like where I’d like my rule making with the news to end up. When I’m touching a newspaper currently, I don’t have the faculty to discern the governing of a Divine principle. Read the rest of this entry »
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