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b'I pulled the borrowed blue coat tighter around me and followed our guide. I hadn\\u2019t expected the weather in Iceland to feel so cold in May.\\nAfter graduating from college, I\\u2019d ministered for a year in Romania and then returned to my hometown. When my younger brother completed his own degree, we went on a backpacking adventure around Iceland. First, we spent a few days near the capitol then traveled to a town near the Arctic Circle. We joined a group exploring an area called Lake My\\u2019vatn. We climbed in dormant volcanic craters and observed snow melting at the edges of creeks flowing with geothermally heated water. I marveled at the glory of God\\u2019s creation.\\nHowever, the most awe-inspiring display of the Maker\\u2019s creativity that we witnessed was the waterfall Godafoss, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153waterfall of the gods.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d Our guide explained the history of this colossal cascade of water: Around the turn of the tenth century, there was a massive meeting of the pagan parliament and the Christian parliament that could have easily turned violent. They couldn\\u2019t agree on whether Christianity should become the national religion. Eventually they all decided that \\xc3\\u017eorgeir Lj\\xc3\\xb3svetningago\\xc3\\xb0i, a pagan priest and leader in the pagan parliament, should make the decision. After a day and night in silent contemplation (some sources say he spent this time under his fur cloak), he said that Christianity should be the national religion but that people may practice paganism privately in their own homes as long as they didn\\u2019t practice publicly.\\nAlthough he himself had been a pagan priest, \\xc3\\u017eorgeir Lj\\xc3\\xb3svetningago\\xc3\\xb0i chose Christianity. According to legend, he then expressed his own faith conversion by throwing his Norse idols into Godafoss. Beginning his life in Christ, this man flung his idols where they could never be retrieved.\\nGod\\u2019s power\\u2014stronger than that tremendous surge of water\\u2014takes us out of sin and brings us into life in Christ when we trust Him for forgiveness. God\\u2019s might overcomes our idols, whether they are physical representations of false gods or other created things we pursue when we doubt God can satisfy our needs and desires. Christ\\u2019s victory, shown in His death and resurrection, conquers our idols and brings us into the life that is truly life. \\u2022 Allison Wilson Lee\\n In Acts 19:8-20, we see that \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153many of those [new Christians] who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d (verse 19). Why do you think these new Christians burned their old sorcery books? \\n\\u2022 Is there anything in your life that is keeping you from following Jesus with your whole heart? Who is a trusted Christian you could talk to about this? \\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153You shall have no other gods before me.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d Exodus 20:3 (WEB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nGen.3.6-Gen.3.13|1Sam.16.1-1Sam.16.7|Rom.15.7'