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Ephesians 4:18

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KJV ORIGINAL

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

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Their minds are completely in the dark, cut off from God's life because they don't know what they don't know — and their hearts have gone blind to the truth.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

When your heart closes off, your whole world goes dark.

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But the people who thought they automatically belonged in God's kingdom? They'll be thrown out into complete darkness, where there's nothing but crying and grinding teeth in anger.

But Jesus turned around, and when he saw her, he said, 'Hey daughter, take heart — your faith just healed you completely.' And right in that moment, the woman was totally restored.

Then there's the person who hears God's message but gets completely overwhelmed by life's stress and chasing money. All that worry and the lies wealth tells you end up choking out what God planted in your heart, so nothing actually grows.

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