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May 2022
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Episode 1718 - what is your idol

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1 John 5:21. We are told to flee from idols. We are told to keep ourselves from idols. Yet, many of us seem to do the exact opposite. Many of us run to idols. Ask God what idols have taken His place in your life, and then get rid of those idols out of your life. 
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