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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: "Keep Your Minds," . . . and All These Blings Will Be Added unto You | |
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| "Keep your minds on whatever is true" | |
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| Earbobs or Doorknobs? God's Word Is True | |
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| Ruby-rooter Believing Lies Is a Peace Blocker | |
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| Cha-Ching Bling Quiet Time-the Why's | |
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| Magnum Opal Quiet Time-the How's | |
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| Supplementation of Ornamentation Quiet Time-Prayer | |
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| "Keep your minds on whatever is ... pure" | |
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| As the Ring Turns Guard against Emotion-Centered Life | |
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| Bling Radar Getting Rid of Sin, Living Honorably | |
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| When You've Seen One Enclosed Shopping Center, You've Seen a Mall Sin Results in Loneliness | |
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| Bling, Bling-Hello? No Peace with Guilt | |
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| Buttons and Boas Self-esteem vs. Others-esteem | |
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| "Keep your minds on whatever is ... right" | |
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| Is That a Necklace or a Disco Ball? Letting His Peace Rule | |
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| All That Glitters Is Not Bullion Becoming a Slave to Right | |
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| A Little Jaded What Living Right Does for Those Who See | |
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| Taking Our Accessories at Face Value The Value of Beauty, Self, Others | |
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| Shining Time Effervescing Hope, Wisdom | |
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| "Keep your minds on whatever is ... holy" | |
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| Ink-bling Surrendering in Obedience to Holy Living | |
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| Turn On the Bling God Is Holy | |
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| Looking at Life through Peace-Colored Glasses Holy Living/Seeking Peace | |
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| The Accessory Pool Running from Sin, Standing for Christ, Denying the Flesh | |
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| The Long and Short of a Good Necklace Giving All, the Holy How-To's | |
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| "Keep your minds on whatever is ... friendly and proper" | |
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| Accessory to the Crime Seeing through His Eyes | |
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| Bling It On Kindness/Serving Others/Giving | |
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| On Pearls and Swine Relationship Difficulties/Bitterness | |
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| Silver Lining When Someone Refuses Friendship, Peace at Any Cost? | |
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| Do Your Ears Hang Low? Our Words | |
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| "Don't ever stop thinking about what is truly worthwhile and worthy of praise" | |
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| Bling-less in St. Louie Busyness | |
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| Keeps Me Blinging as I Go Stress | |
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| Virtual Gems Witnessing | |
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| Bling 911 Loving Things | |
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| Engineering the Earrings Laziness vs. the Peace of Purpose | |
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| "You know the teachings I gave you, and you know what you heard me say and saw me do. So follow my example." | |
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| Friend or Faux? Following the Example, Becoming the Example | |
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| Improper Gem Shopper Paul's Example of Strength through Weakness | |
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| Accessing the Accessories Forgetting the Old and Following the New | |
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| Apparel Peril Difficulties | |
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| Using Sound Bling Judgment Resting/Following | |
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| "And God, who gives peace, will be with you" | |
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| To Bead or Not to Bead God Is the Author of Peace | |
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| High Society Anxiety Worry | |
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| Sparkle and Spit-Shine Fear | |
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| On Ring Grips and Mixed Dips Real Security | |
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| Bling the Bells of Heaven Knowing Jesus | |
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| Notes | |
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| Discussion Guide | |