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\"beagle2.jpg\"When I was a boy my dad got a new beagle pup from a neighbor of ours. The pup had been born and raised in a barn with cows. So when we got him he immediately moved in at our barn with our fatting calves. During the day you could look out the window of the house and see that crazy pup playing in the barnlot with the calves. And at night you could always find him sleeping in the manger near the calves. We concluded that he must think he was a calf. But as the pup got older a strange thing began to happen. He spent more and more time at the house with the dogs and less and less time at the barn with the calves. You see as he grew up he realized what he was and began to act like it. In many ways this aptly describes the process of Christian growth. As we grow in Christ we realize who we are and begin to act like it.<\/p>\n

Author: Dan Upchurch, Pastor, 1st Baptist Church Bismarck, MO<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n\"\"<\/a>MORE IDEAS? See “Creative Object Lessons”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

200 page e-book that explains everything you need to know when planning your very own object lessons. It contains 90 fully developed object lesson ideas and another 200 object lesson starter ideas based on Biblical idioms and Names \/ Descriptions of God.<\/p>\n

Learn More…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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