When we choose to do wrong, we are really hurting ourselves most of all. Sin always has a cost.
Memory phrase: Bad choices hurt us.
Talk about it: Can you see how a bad choice hurt someone?
Prayer: God, help me see that wrong choices hurt me.
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Proverbs 1:18
Proverbs 1:18
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