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If we vigorously pursue the rituals rather than a relational experience with God then we’ve missed His message entirely.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":40,"quote_text":41,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":29,"author":42,"source":43,"quote_tag":44,"commentary":9},3115895,"The character of those who continually persevere and sacrifice are eventually completely reborn and when they rise from the darkness they’ve endured no stone can hold them down.” -Rise... 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