I prayed with Dottie in the front seat of our car and gave my life over to Christ.

我和多蒂一起在我家车子的前排座位上祈祷，从此把我的生命交给了基督。

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If I have no love for others, no desire to serve others, and I'm only concerned about my needs, I should question whether Christ is really in my life.

若我对人缺乏爱心、无意服事别人、只顾自己的需要，我应扪心自问：基督是否确实活在我生命中。

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"I definitely got just a reconfirmation of things I already knew in my heart, that Jesus Christ lives and that He is my Savior and Redeemer."

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

Ms. STATON: I was so messed up when I first gave Christ my life.

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However, club and independent leagues have busted down the blue laws over the years (much to the chagrin of my United Church of Christ pastor).

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For the first time, fewer than 50% (48%, in fact) of adults identified as Protestant, and those numbers are going down both in traditional mainline denominations, such as my United Church of Christ, and evangelical churches.

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