Different answers were shouted out. “We could bake cookies for our neighbors and invite them to church!” and “We could offer to do chores for them, too!” “Yes,” Mom said. “That’s exactly right. Now, Jordan, can you tell me what you could do to obey God?” Jordan stammered out a weak, “I don’t know.” “Can’t you think of anything at all?” Becoming more defiant, Jordan shouted, “No, and I don’t want to!” “But, Jordan, you don’t want to get swallowed by a whale, do you? God tells us to serve our neighbors
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