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Filled Up Anew PRO
Contributed by Cameron Horsburgh on Mar 10, 2003 (message contributor)
FILLED UP ANEW
Imagine a sponge that has been used to wash the dishes. It’s all full of dirt and food and old water. It needs to be filled with clean water! But how can you do that? Easy. You wring it out, rinse it off, and wring it out again. Only when you have done this can you fill it with clean water.
It’s the same with the Spirit. Here we are, all full of sin and grime and...
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