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Francis Chan Quotes: When we love God because we feel we should love Him, instead of genuinely loving out of our true selves, we have forgotten who God really is.
         

When we love God because we feel we should love Him, instead of genuinely loving out of our true selves, we have forgotten who God really is.


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