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It is when people do not allow God to show up through them ... that the world collapses in on itself.
Donald Miller
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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
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Christ, in short, asks us to give everything, all our false redemption in the lifeboat, all our false ideas about who God is, all our trust in something other than God to redeem us. In so doing, we die to our broken natures in exchange for His perfect nature, and find unification with Him that will allow God to see us as one.
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