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When you keep the porch light on for the prodigal child, you do what God does every single moment.

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
Author
Theologian
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San Angelo
Texas
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Child
Moment
Keep
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Prodigal
Doe
Prodigals
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