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There is no God on the outside to bow down or pray to: whoever turns to a power outside himself and worships it, as a relic, a sacred object or a being enthroned in space, worships an idol, for the living God is within. Prayer is communion with oneself, not petition to another, and a people that turns to an external God has confusion and war.
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1 John 5:21 | Little children keep yourselves from idols
Exodus 20:4 | Thou shall make no graven image unto the Lord thy God