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Stay Alert! · Adventures: Bible Truths in Action

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Hello there. I'm conscience.
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Not your conscience, His conscience.
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That's Grant. Thankfully he gave his heart to
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Jesus recently. It's my job to help him do
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what's right. Well, mainly the Holy Spirit,
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but I help when I can. So if you don't mind, I've got
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work to do. Grant had a rough day today
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getting picked on by his old friends for not doing the bad
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things he used to do. He's trying to read his Bible
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right now, which is a good thing, but I'm concerned that
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Grant might be trying to find ways to fit in with his old
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friends who don't love Jesus. Hey, if you're not doing
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anything, why don't you stick around and listen?
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Hey kid, how can you read the Bible at a time like this?
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Everybody makes fun of you and picks on you.
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They're all a bunch of bullies. Face it kid, nobody likes you.
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I can't read this right now, I have too much on my mind.
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God, I know you love me. Hey.
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Hey, hey, hey. What's up with the prayer?
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You know, you were a lot better off before you started going to
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church. You haven't been reading your
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comic books. You haven't touched your video
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games. The stuff you're watching on TV
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these days is dulled. No excitement.
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Where's the blood and guts? Where's the magic spells?
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Where's the scary monsters? Why don't you get out the old
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stuff? Just as once.
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Just turn on your computer. Uh oh, I was right.
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The enemy's trying to pressure Grand into going back to his old
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ways. Yeah, hey, you deserve a break.
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Besides, a little fun won't hurt you.
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Play some of those games you used to play.
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I never thought comic books essential and video games were
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just a whim, but we've realized everything has potential when
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allied with evil and sin. We walk to and fro through the
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whole earth, seeking whom we may devour.
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We're looking for Christians who don't know that they operate in
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God's power. If to God they are not
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submitted, not willing to fully obey, then we make that person
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our target. We attack until they fall away.
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I know that the way to a man's heart is straight through his
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eyes and his ears. I take careless minds and I make
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them go blind. And then that poor creature
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let's me be their teacher. And all that is low down.
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We'll soon have a showdown with everything godly in you.
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When folks try to tell you it's sin, don't listen.
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I have to find a way to help Grant make the right choices.
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Rise and shine. No dawdling.
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We have lots to see, lots to do and lots to learn.
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Come on Up on your feet. Up, up, up, up.
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Don't be afraid, Grant. I'm your friend.
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Who are you? Some people call me their
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spirit, but most folks call me conscience.
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You're that little voice inside of me that tells me right from
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wrong. That's me.
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Now that you've been born again, I do much more than that.
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You could say that I'm the link between you and the Holy Spirit.
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You need to understand some things that'll help you in your
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relationship with God first. Peter, 58, says.
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Stay alert. Watch out for your great enemy,
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the devil. He prowls around like a roaring
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lion looking for someone to devour.
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I'm here to help you stay alert. Let me take you back in time a
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few years. Back in time where to move?
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To the devil's command center. There's Satan and his chief
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demon. I'm scared.
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Don't be afraid, Grant. They don't even know we're here.
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We're just going to listen in. Damon, what are you doing?
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Playing a video game, it's fun for the whole family.
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Kids love it. Would you?
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Stop it, we have work to do. Sorry master.
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I want the kids, Damon. I hate kids that love God and
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always want to please him. I want kids to be full of hate
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and violence, rebellion and unforgiveness, jealousy and
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gossip. You know, like the adults are.
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Like kids don't like those movies and TV shows we have
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adults watching. They only like cartoons, you
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know, Mickey Mouse, Minions, Mario Brothers, that sort of
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thing. Well, let's get into the cartoon
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business. I want killing.
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I want evil. I want kids to have no regard
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for human life like their parents, fill their minds with
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the bad stuff I just mentioned and whatever else you can think
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of. How can you sit there for hours
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playing that game? You are a brainless baboon.
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Shifting master, I'll fill their mind with baboons.
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Did I miss something? Give me that now pay attention.
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I'm sorry master, it's just a harmless video game, but I can't
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stop thinking about it. I'm addicted to it.
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Well, if you don't want to be addicted to it, stay away from
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it. Yes, Master.
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Where did you get this video game thing?
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I stole it. Every kid has one or wants 1.
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They're fun. You can sit in front of one of
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those things for hours, it gets in you.
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Really. What's so funny?
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As a man thinks in his heart, so is he that's in the Bible.
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I don't get it. That's because you're a
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brainless baboon, don't you see? I'm going to use that Bible
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verse against God. If we can get kids to meditate
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on fighting and killing through these video games and cartoons,
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they'll soon be fighting and killing each other.
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We can turn their computers into chat rooms filled with gossip
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and lying and trickery, luring them into websites with all
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sorts of evil. So you want to create bad games
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and cartoons to get kids addicted to evil?
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Yes. But if kids keep learning God's
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Word and doing things God's way, it'll never work.
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So we'll convince them that doing things God's way is a
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fairy tale. We'll make kids believe that the
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real power belongs to the heroes we create.
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Once the kids are addicted to our programs, they'll stick up
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for the very games and cartoons that are destroying their minds.
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I hate kids because they're made in God's image.
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We've got to stop those kids that please the Lord.
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We'll get them playing so they won't want to be praying.
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We'll get them thinking church will make them bored.
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I'll do anything to get my evil inside them.
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We'll get. Kids thinking evil comics are
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cruelest violent video games #1 TV shows with bloody guts.
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That's nothing. Cartoons full of magic.
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They're just fun. We'll do anything to get.
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Our. Evil inside them.
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They'll keep watching things they shouldn't be watching.
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They'll keep playing games that shouldn't be played.
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We're going to fix things so they'll get addicted.
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It will take an act of God to tear them away.
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Our. Shows will change.
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Their thinking Fill them for sin we'll do.
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Anything to get? Our evil inside them.
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So these video games I used to play, is that the kind of stuff
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the devil was talking about? Yes, there's so many more.
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Too many to name. Over the years, they've gotten
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worse. Those kinds of games and
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cartoons plant seeds in your mind.
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As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
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Proverbs 23 Seven. The more you become involved in
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those things, the more their power to influence your behavior
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grows. Until finally wait, wait, wait.
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Wait, I've played all those video games and I've watched
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those cartoons. I've seen the movies too, but
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I'm not going out and killing anybody.
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Conscience. I think you're stretching this
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way too far. He blinds the mind.
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That dirty devil is going to be harder than I thought.
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He may not even pass the first Test.
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What? Test.
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Don't worry, it's not a difficult test.
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It's just a question you simply answer yes or no.
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Here's the first one, James, 47, says.
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So humble yourselves before God, will you humble yourself before
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God, submitting yourself to be obedient to whatever He says in
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the Bible from now on? But I've already asked Jesus
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into my heart. I know that this is not about
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that. Would you believe whatever God
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says in His Word and be obedient to it?
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Yeah. Very well, let's move on.
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We're going to peek in on your past now.
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Hey, that's my sister. I I remember when this happened.
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Oh, she was messing around on my computer a couple of weeks ago.
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Look what was really happening. I'm only 12 years old, I'm 12-2,
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but I know this guy and he thinks you could be a model.
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But he would. Have to see you in person to
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know for sure. Maybe we could get together at
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the mall or something. I'll ask my mom.
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No, no, you can't tell your mom this is our secret.
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Besides, you wouldn't want to disappoint her if it doesn't
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work out. This is when you came into the
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room, hey? What are you doing on my
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computer? Nothing, I was just chatting
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with someone. Well, who said you could use it?
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Nobody. So get.
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Out of my room, just let me finish.
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No, don't ever. Mess with my stuff again or I'll
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mess your face up with my fist mom.
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I almost couldn't control my self conscience.
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It was like something was inside of me, wanting me to hurt Lily.
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There was Grant. While the devil was setting Lily
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up to meet that guy in the mall so he could hurt her, he was
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also working in your mind to get you to hurt Lily as well.
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But how did it get in my mind through the?
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Cartoons and video games. Conscience.
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I know what you're getting at. You're going to say I shouldn't
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watch those cartoons or play those video games, aren't you?
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What can I say, Grant? You're one step ahead of me.
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But then I won't have any fun. Grant, that's a lie of the
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devil. You won't have any fun.
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That's what Satan tells the person that wants to stop
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drinking alcohol or or using drugs.
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How can something that will destroy your life be fun?
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The truth is, Grant, you don't even know what fun is.
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But I've already. Tried to give up all the things
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that are bad for me, it's not that easy.
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Pass the next test grant and you'll find out what fun is all
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about. Here it is.
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First, Peter 5-6 says give all your worries and cares to God,
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for He cares about you. Will you give all your cares to
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the Lord? Wait, wait, wait.
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What is that supposed to mean? God loves you, Grant.
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He doesn't want you sitting around bored all day.
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He wants you to enjoy life. That's why He sent Jesus to die
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for you. Will you trust God with every
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part of your life, even your fun?
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Yes, I'll trust him. Great, Now I'll take you back
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into Bible times, to a city called Sodom and Gomorrah.
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I want you to meet a man named Lot.
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What's everyone doing? Filling their minds with evil.
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Hey Lot, how do you like the comic it it's?
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Gross. Gross.
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That's life in Sodom and. Gomorrah get used.
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To it. Yeah, don't be cramming none of
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that God stuff down our throats for you to have fun.
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Yeah. Did you say I was supposed to
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meet a lot? Come back here, stay with me
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until the others leave it. It's not safe.
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Wow. There's nothing to worry about.
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I've read all those comics and I've played those games.
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Hey, a kid, you look. Lost.
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You must be new in town and you are cute.
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He's mine. I saw him first.
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The name's Greed, kid. Stick by me.
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I won't let anyone touch you. You just want them all for
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yourself. Greed.
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I got to kill you both. Hey fellas, you're scaring the
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kid. Get Me Out of here conscience.
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You've. Got yourself into this.
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I mean pray grant God can get you out.
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Are you talking to yourself, kid?
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I've done that many times myself.
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My name is addiction. I know a drug addict when I see
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one. What kind of drugs you got, kid?
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I don't have any drugs. I I was talking to my
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conscience. You guys have a conscience,
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don't you? We used.
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To a long. Time ago.
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But not anymore. Yeah, not anymore.
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Did you come here to start trouble, kid?
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If so, we can give you plenty of trouble.
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Leave him alone. Violence he's with.
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Me aren't you, kid? Hope.
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Tell them you're here to see lot.
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I'm here to see lot. Why does everyone always want
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you lot? Yeah, you're not really even one
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of us. How come?
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You. Get all the.
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Fun. It's a rough crowd, kid, but you
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get used to them after a while. So what can I do for you?
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Ask them about the comics and video games.
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I saw you looking at a comic book.
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Oh yeah, It had a bunch of blood and guts, more than usual.
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These guys around here like that kind of stuff, you know, the
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violence, magic, mythology, that sort of thing.
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Ask him about his relationship with God.
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Well, what about God? He says we shouldn't do that
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kind of stuff. We're supposed to hate what is
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evil and love what is good. How do you know?
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Well, that's what Romans 12/9 says.
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It's the Bible. I don't know what a Bible is,
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but I believe you. Sometimes I can't even sleep at
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night. I don't have peace.
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Not like when I lived with my uncle Abraham.
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He loves God a lot. So do I.
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It's just that, well, since moving here, I wanted to fit in
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with the people. So I started hanging around with
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them and eventually started acting like them, playing their
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games and reading their comics. Now it's all I think about.
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It's like I'm addicted to all the wrong things.
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They're controlling them. They're controlling you.
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Yeah, you're right. Say.
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You're very perceptive for a kid.
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What's your name? Grant.
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Grant, where are you from? Be careful you don't want to
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alter history. You mean like in back to the?
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Future. Exactly.
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What's Back to the Future? It's the movie with Michael J
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Fox about this car that goes back in time.
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Careful. Are you sure you're not on
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drugs? No, I don't.
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Take drugs, it's time to go. I got to go see ya.
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Look, I'm not supposed to say anything, but a couple of angels
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are going to visit you someday in the future.
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Just tell your wife not to look back or she's going to turn into
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a pile of salt. OK, bye.
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Angels turn into a pile of salt. That kid has to be on drugs.
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Well God, what am I doing in this wicked city?
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Forgive me for getting myself into this mess.
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Show me a way to get my family out of here before it's too.
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Late. What took you so long, Grant?
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Oh you know, just saying goodbye to a lot.
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Thanks for taking me there conscience.
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You really helped me to see the effects of evil on a person and
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how it traps them in sin. Those people really need Jesus.
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We all need to receive Jesus as our Savior.
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We also need to continue growing in our relationship with Jesus
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after we receive him. Everyone should spend time with
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God daily, talking to him, reading the Bible, and thanking
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God for all the good things He's done for us.
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So. Now where do we go?
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Nowhere. You failed the test twice.
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What? No, no, you're wrong.
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I've answered all the questions correctly.
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You disobeyed, Grant. I told you to wait until the
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crowd and Sodom and Gomorrah left.
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You could have been hurt. What do you mean you were there?
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I'm your conscience. I'm not an Angel.
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There's a difference. Huh.
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A big difference. Oh.
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Well, you said I failed twice. You lied.
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To me, Grant, you said you would obey God's word.
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What happened to thou shalt not lie?
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You were late getting back because you told a lot about the
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angels coming and you warned him about his wife.
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How did you know that? You can't always see me, grant,
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but I am always in you, trying to help you, until the day you
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become like the people living in Sodom and Gomorrah.
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But even then, God is always there.
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God sees and hears everything and He's the one that matters
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the most. Your life is like a a pot,
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either gold or clay. You have to choose to be a gold
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pot by choosing to please God instead of choosing sin.
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But when you stop wanting to please God, you're choosing to
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be an earthen pot and you end up hurting me.
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Earthen pots break apart. That is what you're doing to
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yourself. Grant, go back to sleep.
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Don't waste my time any longer. Dear God, I'm sorry for lying.
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I understand now how the devil looks for people to devour by
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tricking them into sinning. I don't blame my conscience for
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being upset. I just.
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I just want you to know, God, that the next time I'm tempted
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to lie or disobey or or whatever, I'm going to tell the
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devil no, as if my life depended on it.
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I don't want to give them any room in my life anymore.
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Conscience. What do you want?
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I just want to say thanks for everything, that's all.
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You did it, Grant, The rest of James 47 says.
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Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
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You pass the test. Will you resist the devil as
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though fighting for your life? I knew you could do it, Grant.
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I knew you could. But but I I I thought it was too
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late. It's never too late to make the
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right choice, Grant, As long as you're still alive, today is
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always the best time to choose to please God.
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The choice is up to you. You think your life would be a
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drag, that you will have no fun. The truth is, you've been lied
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to, man. But you're not the only one.
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Change the channel, close the book.
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Just don't play that game. When you decide to guard your
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heart, your life won't be the same.
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You know it's true. It's up to you.
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The choice you have is who you listen to.
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All right, I'll take this one now.
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You don't have to listen to everything on your radio and you
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don't have to watch TV when there isn't a good show.
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You don't have to play that game just cause all your friends do.
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And you don't have to read that book.
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If it's not good for you, you know it's true.
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It's up to you. The choice you have is who you
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listen to. Wasn't too long ago that the
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most violence in a cartoon was along the lines of Wiley Coyote
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trying to capture the Roadrunner and falling thousands of feet
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off a Cliff, causing a small cloud of dust to rise from the
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Canyon floor. Today we see cartoons with
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demonic looking villains as well as heroes, video games with
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fighting that glorifies a bloody death, TV shows and movies full
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of bad language and everything evil.
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First Peter 58 says stay alert. Watch out for your great enemy,
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the Devil. He prowls around like a roaring
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lion, seeking for someone to devour.
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That's why God tells us to guard our hearts and minds.
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He isn't trying to keep us from having fun.
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God knows where we will end up if we keep thinking about the
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wrong things. It really is our choice whether
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we are vessels of gold or vessels of clay.
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According to Second Timothy 220, if we clean ourselves from evil
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and sin, we become vessels of gold.
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It is Jesus that forgives our sins and cleanses us from all
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unrighteousness. But it's up to us to cut off the
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things in our lives that are evil and that lead us to sin.
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God has given us the power to resist the devil.
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We must be willing to submit ourselves to God.
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When we put evil aside and draw near to God, He will draw near
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to us. God truly wants us to enjoy
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life. God wants us to have fun, but
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not when it's mixed with evil. Second Timothy 221 says if you
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keep yourselves pure, you will be ready for the Master to use
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