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Since God intends to make you like Jesus, he will take you through the same experiences Jesus went through. That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection, and many other problems.

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Rick Warren
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 28
Pastor
Theologian
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San Jose
California
Richard Duane Warren
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