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Today is my...
.I often feel that I need to physically be one _____ the woman that I am, yet spiritually twice the woman....
Jesus does not want me to be a.... 
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Jesus was not a "half hearted friend". In fact, His idea of friendship was and is radical and often uncomfortable. Scripture teaches us that Jesus was and is a friend to "tax collectors and sinners!" If I want to be a friend to Jesus and/or be a friend like Jesus, then I should internalize these words from the WORD...
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Luke 6:32-38
32 "If you love those who love you,
32 "If you love those who love you,
what credit is that to you?
Even 'sinners' love those who love them.
33 And if you do good to those who are good to you,
what credit is that to you?
Even 'sinners' do that.
34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment
what credit is that to you?"
Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners,'
expecting to be repaid in full.
35 But love your enemies,
do good to them,
and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.
Then your reward will be great,
and you will be sons of the Most High,
because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
37 "Do not judge, and you will not be judged.
37 "Do not judge, and you will not be judged.
Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned.
Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
38 Give, and it will be given to you.
A good measure, pressed down,
shaken together and running over,
will be poured into your lap.
For with the measure you use,
it will be measured to you."
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Luke 19:1-8
Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus;
he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.
3 He wanted to see who Jesus was,
but being a short man he could not,
because of the crowd.
4 So he ran ahead and
climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him,
since Jesus was coming that way.
5 When Jesus reached the spot,
5 When Jesus reached the spot,
he looked up and said to him,
"Zacchaeus, come down immediately.
I must stay at your house today."
6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
7 All the people saw this and began to mutter,
7 All the people saw this and began to mutter,
"He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.'"
8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord,
8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord,
"Look, Lord!
Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor,
and if I have cheated anybody out of anything,
I will pay back four times the amount."
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Jesus said to him,
"Today salvation has come to this house,
because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."
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I am a friend of God!
I will follow Him!
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