God’s Story, Your Story: Youth Edition

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God’s Story, Your Story: Youth Edition
Copyright © 2011 by Max Lucado

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Matlock, Mark.
        God’s story, your story : when His becomes yours / Max Lucado; teen adaptation by Mark Matlock. — Youth ed.
            p.    cm.
        Includes bibliographical references.
        ISBN 978-0-310-72546-6 (softcover)
      1. Christian teenagers — Religious life. 2. Christian life. I. Lucado, Max. God’s story, your story. II. Title.
BV4531.3.M38155 2011
248.8’3 — dc23                2011018463

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