tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34726807388425377382024-03-04T23:51:53.673-05:00New Every Morning Hide God's Word in our hearts through Scripture reading and memorization. Even though hard times come, we must always remember His mercies are new every morning.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5542125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-32928731527284130352020-07-14T08:06:00.000-04:002020-07-14T08:06:27.325-04:00My Life Mission<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace. ~ Acts 20:24 (NIV 1984)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">However, I consider my life worth nothing to me;</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-27651A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-27651A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> my only aim is to finish the race</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-27651B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-27651B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> and complete the task</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-27651C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-27651C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> the Lord Jesus has given me</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-27651D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-27651D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. ~ Acts 20:24 (NIV)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about God’s mighty kindness and love. ~ The Living Bible</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. ~ NLT</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">What matters most to me is to finish what God started: the job the Master Jesus gave me of letting everyone I meet know all about this incredibly extravagant generosity of God. ~ The Message</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">none of these things move me</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">; neither do I esteem my life dear to myself, if only I may finish my course </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">with joy</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> and the ministry which I have obtained from [which was entrusted to me by] the Lord Jesus, faithfully to attest to the good news (Gospel) of God’s grace (His unmerited favor, spiritual blessing, and mercy). ~ AMPC</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But I do not consider my life as something of value </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">or</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> dear to me, so that I may [with joy] finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify faithfully of the good news of God’s [precious, undeserved] grace [which makes us free of the guilt of sin and grants us eternal life]. ~ AMP</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-12922387522285470952020-04-12T00:00:00.000-04:002020-04-12T00:00:02.118-04:00He Has Risen!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">““Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here.” </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-59017311197315089032020-03-13T00:00:00.000-04:002020-03-13T00:00:09.441-04:00Lay Your Requests Before Him...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-11891094450536899032019-12-03T06:04:00.000-05:002019-12-03T06:04:04.916-05:00Cheerful Giver<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-55632581450138817512019-08-01T00:00:00.000-04:002019-08-01T00:00:08.570-04:00Hope in HIM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="text Ps-62-5" id="en-NASB-14833" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px; position: relative;">My soul, <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NASB-14833A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NASB-14833A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>wait in silence for God only,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;" /><span class="text Ps-62-5" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px; position: relative;">For my hope is from Him. ~ Psalm 62:5 (NASB)</span><br />
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<span class="text Ps-62-5" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px; position: relative;"><span class="text Ps-62-5" id="en-NIV-14833" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">Yes, my soul, find rest in God;<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-14833A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-14833A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-62-5" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">my hope comes from Him. (NIV)</span></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-73760270181417553552019-07-28T00:00:00.000-04:002019-07-28T00:00:08.149-04:00How Much Love?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you look around at your brothers and sisters, do you think to yourself, "I love these people so much. I pray God empowers me in some way to encourage these people toward a deeper walk with Him"? ~ Francis Chan</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-23519397179079142042019-07-06T00:00:00.000-04:002019-07-06T10:39:16.532-04:00Praise the Lord!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is good to praise the Lord and make music to Your name, O Most High, proclaiming Your love in the morning and Your faithfulness at night, </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-61483391723033304422019-06-07T00:00:00.000-04:002019-06-07T00:00:09.868-04:00According to HIS Purpose...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "opendyslexic"; white-space: pre-wrap;">And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. ~ Romans 8:28</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-71611869058018721362019-05-30T00:00:00.000-04:002019-06-04T09:55:50.440-04:00Son of Man...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, I will follow you wherever you go.” </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”</span></span><span style="text-align: right;">— </span><span style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Luke 9:57-58</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-72228731680808711752019-05-26T00:00:00.000-04:002019-05-26T19:33:50.101-04:00Give Thanks...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">~ Psalm 136:26</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-11915976449994541582019-04-29T00:00:00.000-04:002019-04-29T00:00:03.477-04:00Life in HIS Name<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #009000;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">“But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.”</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #1d2129; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> ~ John 20:31</span></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-34662217011725823162019-04-24T00:00:00.000-04:002019-05-26T19:51:31.439-04:00Children of God<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-38729980292213571742019-04-23T00:00:00.000-04:002019-05-26T19:06:17.279-04:00Believe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.” </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">~ John 20:31</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-69000911674402812452019-04-22T00:00:00.000-04:002019-04-22T00:00:00.140-04:00Earth Day...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="text Jer-51-15" id="en-NIV-20228" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: opendyslexic; font-size: 22.4px; line-height: 33.6px; position: relative;">He made the earth by His power;</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: opendyslexic; font-size: 22.4px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: opendyslexic; font-size: 22.4px; line-height: 33.6px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: opendyslexic; font-size: 22.4px; line-height: 33.6px;">He f</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: opendyslexic; font-size: 22.4px; line-height: 33.6px;">ounded the world by His wisdom</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: opendyslexic; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: opendyslexic; font-size: 22.4px; line-height: 33.6px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Jer-51-15" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 33.6px; position: relative;">and stretched<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-20228B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-20228B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> out the heavens by His understanding.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: opendyslexic; font-size: 14.85px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: opendyslexic; font-size: 22.4px; line-height: 33.6px;"><span class="text Jer-51-15" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 33.6px; position: relative;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: opendyslexic; font-size: 14.85px;"></span><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: opendyslexic; font-size: 22.4px; line-height: 33.6px;"><span class="text Jer-51-15" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 33.6px; position: relative;">~ Jeremiah 51:15 (NIV) </span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-46353116294603250262019-04-21T00:00:00.000-04:002019-04-21T00:00:06.303-04:00He Has Risen!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "opendyslexic"; font-size: 22.4px;">“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene,</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-24880A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-24880A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "opendyslexic"; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="font-family: "opendyslexic"; font-size: 22.4px;"> who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. ~ Mark 16:6 (NIV)</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-51945502682553044732019-04-20T00:00:00.000-04:002019-05-26T19:03:28.635-04:00Victory in Jesus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. ~ 1 Corinthians 15:55-57</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-9669550462079485292019-04-19T00:00:00.000-04:002019-04-20T01:09:55.766-04:00Father, Forgive Them...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His clothes by casting lots.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> There was a written notice above Him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”<br /> <br /> ~ Luke 23:34, 38<br /><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> “It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When He had said this, He breathed his last. The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.””<br /> <br /> ~ Luke 23:44-47<br /><br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.<br /> <br /> ~ John 3:16-17</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-17229424833726470342019-04-18T20:00:00.000-04:002019-04-20T01:03:13.466-04:00Watch and Pray...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #1d2129; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> ~ Matthew 26:41-42</span></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-7745732786060568582019-04-18T00:00:00.000-04:002019-04-20T01:00:38.983-04:00Thirty Pieces of Silver...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand Him over. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">~ Matthew 26:14-16</span></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-21160934002397764672019-04-17T00:00:00.000-04:002019-04-20T00:56:49.004-04:00My Father's House...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?” Jesus (John 14:2 )</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-38577292099270684022019-04-16T00:00:00.000-04:002019-04-20T00:54:49.595-04:00Train Up a Child...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #1d2129; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> ~ Proverbs 22:6</span></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-71182657624951758122019-04-15T00:00:00.000-04:002019-04-15T00:00:10.588-04:00The LORD Bless You...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="text Num-6-24" id="en-NIV-3848" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px; position: relative;">The <span class="small-caps" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> bless you<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-3848A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-3848A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><br />
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<span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Num-6-25" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">and be gracious to you;<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-3849D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-3849D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="text Num-6-26" id="en-NIV-3850" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16.8px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">26 </span>the <span class="small-caps" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> turn His face<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-3850E" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-3850E" title="See cross-reference E">E</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> toward you</span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Num-6-26" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">and give you peace.</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-33047840181231131392019-04-13T00:00:00.000-04:002019-04-13T00:00:10.349-04:00War Room...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472680738842537738.post-30658236586110268462019-04-12T00:00:00.000-04:002019-04-12T00:00:12.111-04:00Help In Our Time of Need<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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