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A Spiritual Mirage? PRO
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2004 (message contributor)
A SPIRITUAL MIRAGE?
In 1849 a wagon train was traveling through Death Valley to follow the gold rush into California. As this particular wagon train trudged through Death Valley, the hottest place in California, they looked ahead and saw a sheet of water they all believed was Owen’s Lake. But it was just a mirage created by the intense heat, and the harder their pressed on to make it to the water, the more frustrated they became.
The foundation for many people’s spiritual journey is no more real than that mirage. Some people base their entire spiritual lives on illusions whether...
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