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“In abandoning sin one cannot merely wish for better conditions. He must make them. …
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The things which engaged him and caught his fancy and occupied his
thoughts are gone, and better substitutions have not yet filled the
void. This is Satan’s opportunity” (The Miracle of Forgiveness [1969], 171–72; emphasis added).