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(\(among many other things\) involves God )Tj
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(When I was young we lived on a small steep hill which descended to a bus\
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(told me how to put on the old-fashioned back-pedal brakes! )Tj
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(c\) Grace as a gift of ability strength, power or endurance.)Tj
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(i\) The grace of God's choosing us in Him before the foundation of the w\
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