What Must I Do to be Saved?<\/a>\u00a0In the areas you find yourselves lacking, make changes. Resolve that while you live in this world you will no longer live like the rest of the world.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Question: Please help me out. I am in a relationship with the girl I want to marry. I have had sex with her. We are deeply in love with each other. We also had many abortions. Can I still marry her? I have a calling of God in my life. 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