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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2015 09:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<strong><em>Criticism and blame are addictions. They are costly addictions, because they are the number one destroyer of intimacy in close relationships.” &#8211; Gay Hendricks </em></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><em><strong><span class="content">&#8220;What is causing the quarrels and fights among you?  Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you?&#8221; &#8211; James 4:1 (NLT)</span></strong></em></span></p>
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				<em style='font-size:0.9em'><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Big-Leap-Conquer-Hidden-Level-ebook/dp/B0026772QU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1425427780&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=The+Big+Leap">The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level</a></em><span style="font-size:0.9em"> (New York: Harper Collins , 2009), </span><span style="font-size:0.9em">Page 76</span>
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