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Jesus taught that your highest priority must be your relationship with Him. If anything detracts you from that relationship, that activity is not from God. God will not ask you to do something that hinders your relationship with Christ.

Henry Blackaby

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Henry Blackaby
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 15
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