Copyright © 2013 by Dave Jackson and Neta Jackson

Published by Worthy Publishing, a division of Worthy Media, Inc.,

HELPING PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THE HEART OF GOD

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Scripture quotations are taken from the following:

The Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

The Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

The New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Poem beginning with “For food in a world” is by Manfred Wester. Copyright © 1985 by Gisela Wester.

This novel is a work of fiction. Any references to real events, businesses, organizations, and locales are intended only to give the fiction a sense of reality and authenticity. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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ISBN: 978-1-61795-000-1 (trade paper)

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