tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18441961351443362702024-02-07T02:25:22.369-04:00Daily Love WalkA devotion and song posted everyday to help the believer to get rooted and grounded in loveAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07599433906417028644noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844196135144336270.post-5230710286973206382017-12-28T23:08:00.000-04:002018-01-17T15:17:39.393-04:00DENIAL VERSUS REPENTANCE / I Come To You (A Tribute to Billy Graham)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>DENIAL VERSUS REPENTANCE</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Adapted from 1 Corinthians 13:61; Peter 5:5; Psalms 51:17)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The great hymn, “Just as I Am” has been the mark of every alter call of every Billy Graham Crusade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only way we can come to Him is just as we are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the way we came to Him when we first received salvation and that is the way we must come to Him to receive forgiveness if we sin as believers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">It was easier to admit that we sinned when we were sinners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, believers can sometimes get into denial because of pride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we do this we are limiting God because the scripture says,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Father, I do not know my own heart but You do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know me better than I know myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am an open book before You.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I submit every page to You as I come before You again, just as I am.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b>You resist the proud but give grace to the humble </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A meek and a contrite heart, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh God, You will not despise</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></b>I come to You just as I am, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I come to You the only way that I can </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh Lamb of God, I come</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07599433906417028644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844196135144336270.post-86863987020779702017-12-27T23:07:00.000-04:002017-12-27T23:10:50.594-04:00WALK THE WALK / Path Of Righteousness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">(Deuteronomy 28; Joshua 1:8; 1Corinthians 13:6; 1 John 3:22)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">above all nations of the earth. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If I adjust my walk with God to these two scriptures, I will correct wrong thinking and wrong motives and begin to receive blessings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I must walk the walk and talk the talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I speak the Word out of my mouth and negate the words of the enemy from my mind and lips, I will be on the path of righteousness and blessings will begin to process in my life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Walking the path of righteousness begins with receiving the Word of God and allowing it to take root in my heart and then speaking it out of my mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then my feet will follow the path of righteousness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Father, I do love you and I desire to walk the path of righteousness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that path begins in my heart and leads to my words and then my feet will automatically follow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to listen with my heart, allow the Word to take root in me, speak the Word with my mouth and walk the path of righteousness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(Adapted from <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">1 Corinthians 13:6; Colossians 3:1-4; 1 John 2:13-17</span></span>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">How to Boil a Frog:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not put the frog in a pot of boiling water. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you drop him into boiling water, he will jump out. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Put him in a pot of cold water where he is perfectly comfortable. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then put him on the stove.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slowly the water gets warm. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s very pleasant at first. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The water gets a little warmer and he swims around like he is in a frog jacuzzi. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gets so used to it and he doesn’t realize the water is getting hot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the water begins to boil, it’s too late for the frog to jump out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The parable of the boiling frog gives us great insight into how we can begin to love the world and a sinful lifestyle. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t just decide to live in sin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t plan it out. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We begin to compromise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We begin to crave the things of the world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The process is so slow that we don’t realize when we have given our heart away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">John wrote in his letter to center our love on God and not on the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is not speaking about enjoying the beauty of God’s creation, of nature or music or art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is speaking about heart matters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To love the world means looking to the world for fulfillment. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It means looking to identify with the world, looking for something to relate to and cling to, something to give your heart to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To love the world means I am looking for something in the world to give me purpose and meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This world is going to go away along with everything that people crave. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But God is forever and when I put my affection in the right place, my love will be forever. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Father, I do not cherish this world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not give my heart to the world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My stability is not in earthly things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My assurance is not in my own resources or my own abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I give my heart to You.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I make You the recipient of my love and affection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Develop in me the God kind of love.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07599433906417028644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844196135144336270.post-52035490104585451662017-12-24T00:00:00.000-04:002017-12-24T11:50:10.541-04:00CHERISH THE MOMENT / Simeon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the 3rd and 4th parts of a 4 part series</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">SIMEON<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Song: Cherish the Moment<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Adapted from Luke 2:22-39; Phil. 2:10; Isaiah 45:2, 18; 54:5; 55:12; 59:20)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today was not like other days. Simeon knew when he awoke that he was to go to the temple. This was not his regular day to go but he felt drawn there this morning. Something had been stirring in him lately. As he readied himself to leave he may have been thinking . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I love you Father. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You are the Lord and there is no one else! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You are the one who created the heavens! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You are the one who formed the earth and made it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You did not call my descendants to seek you for nothing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You promised us a reward! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know we are one day closer to the Consolation of Israel!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know a Redeemer is coming!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He will turn my people from their transgressions!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh, see the travail of my soul Father! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Send the Righteous One to take away the guilt of my people!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He will make the crooked places straight! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even the mountains and the hills are breaking forth now into singing! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">All the trees of the field are clapping their hands!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know the Messiah is coming!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Holy One of Israel is coming!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Simeon went to the temple anticipating meeting with God there. Immediately upon entering the gates his eyes felt upon a family of three. He looked at the baby in the mother’s arms and he knew this was the One for whom he had prayed. Simeon approached the mother with open arms. Mary must have felt the power of the Holy Spirit on this man because she placed her infant son in his hands. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Did she sense that this humble man had paved the way </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Simeon held the baby and praised and thanked God for this holy moment in time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Sovereign Lord, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can now release your servant to depart this world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you have promised, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have seen your salvation with my own eyes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now it is out in the open for all to see! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He is the Light to reveal You to the nations!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And He is the glory and honor of your people Israel!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Turning to Mary, Simeon blessed her and said,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Behold, this Child is appointed and destined </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">for the fall of many in Israel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But He will be a joy to many others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He will be a sanctuary, a sacred and indestructible asylum</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">to those who reverently fear and trust God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He is a figure who will be misunderstood and contradicted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He will be a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense to both houses of Israel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He will be a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He has been sent as a sign from God but many will oppose him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a result the deepest thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You, Mary, will feel the pain of this like a sword piercing your own soul.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But know that secret thoughts and purposes of many hearts will be disclosed.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Could he have looked into Mary’s eyes and said this before he left that day?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“It will be worth it Mary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The pain will be worth it all because </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He is the Gift of Salvation for the entire world!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">At His Name </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">in heaven and on earth </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">and even under the earth!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And Mary, every tongue is going to confess </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">that Yashuah the Messiah, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">for the glory of God the Father!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Father, I pray for Simeons to rise up in this day. I ask You for men and women who will stand in righteousness and integrity before You as Simeons of their time. I ask for men, women and children who will walk out love and not be ashamed. Filter Simeons throughout this earth who will stand for what is right and good and tell people that the Messiah has come and that He is coming again! Anoint me with the mantle of Simeon and allow me to be a part of your plan to defeat the enemy and usher in the glorious second coming of the Messiah!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Eighty four years! My, how God has time in His hands! All these years I have lived in this temple and fasted and prayed and it seems not like a lifetime at all! I must get to the temple this morning. I must get before the Lord and see what this stirring in my spirit is . . .”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">“For with God nothing is impossible!” The words of the angel resonated over and over in Mary’s mind as she readied herself to go to Elizabeth’s home in Judah. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">“I must see Elizabeth! Elizabeth is pregnant! What a wonderful gift and miracle from God! This all fits together somehow. I feel such an urgency to get to her. . . .”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">What an honor that the mother of my Lord would come to see me! As soon as your salutation reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy! And Mary, you are so favored of God because you believe what has been spoken to you by the Lord!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Mary’s visit lasted three months. Do you think God used this time to bond these two mothers and their babies? Do you think God revealed hidden secrets and mysteries to these two mothers? Do you think He gave them revelation of His purpose? The destinies of these two babies were divinely set in time and eternity even in the womb. Could God have given these two mothers insight into the magnitude of what had taken place? Many prophetic words were probably spoken. Dreams and visions must have been talked about and pondered over. Scripture must have been read and revelation revealed. Could their parting words have been something like this?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">“I will pray for you Mary. God will watch over His seed. You hold God’s promise inside of you. Don’t be anxious for nothing. God will provide all that you need.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">“I will pray for you Elizabeth. Our babies are destined for greatness. God knows His plans for us all. God has a reason for your baby to be born first. God’s perfect will is his destiny. He will be a forerunner and a trailblaizer for God’s purposes.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Father, I was born to worship You. Your perfect will and plan is my destiny and I will accomplish that destiny as I put you first in my life and worship You. You are my whole world! You are my life! You hold my future in Your hands! I want to be a trailblaizer for the Kingdom of God!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary sat up in bed and looked right into the eyes of an angel! “Oh Lord help me! What must this mean? What is the meaning of this salutation?!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“How can this happen? I have no husband and I am a virgin.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“O, Mary, the Holy Spirit will come upon you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And the power of the Most High will overshadow you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And listen Mary, Elizabeth, in her old age, has conceived a son!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Her womb was barren but she is now in her sixth month!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">With God all things are possible!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord. Be it unto me according to your words.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When the angel left, Mary sat overwhelmed. After gathering her thoughts, do you think she may have worshiped her Father? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You are the God of my fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My fingers drip with myrrh as You leave my presence!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A seal has been set upon my heart, a very flame from Your Presence!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary was the most favored woman on the face of the earth. She was chosen above all women to be the mother of the Savior of the world. Was Mary chosen because she kept a list of rules to the letter? Was she chosen because she was kind and gentle? Was she chosen because she was a virgin? These qualities alone would not have brought Mary the preference of such a highly favored position with God. She was all of these things. But Mary was set apart because she had a deep and passionate love for her God. She walked in close and secure companion with her Heavenly Father daily. This love walk and passion for her God under girded her righteousness and brought the highest of favor from heaven.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Lord is with you; The Lord is with you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do not be afraid Mary for you have found grace <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wonder if Mary realized those tiny hands that were curled around her fingers were the same hands that had formed mankind? Those little feet were the same feet that had walked on streets of gold and been worshiped by angels. That tiny infant voice had once spoken worlds into existence. *<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wonder if Mary knew that her baby would be delivered in a barn. I wonder if Mary knew that her baby’s Father had prepared this place long before this age and dispensation. I wonder if she knew that she would give birth to the Savior of the world in the most unassuming place on the face of the earth. I wonder if she knew that she would deliver the Prince of Peace who would walk in perfect unity with His Father to a destiny that had already been prepared for Him. I wonder if she realized that she held the Great I AM, the God of her fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the One for whom the prophets foretold hundreds of years before. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">On that history-changing night more than 2,000 years ago, Mary delivered her infant son in the presence of Joseph and a few barn animals. The wonder of that moment must have been gloriously set in her heart forever. When Mary kissed her newborn child, she wasn’t just kissing a baby. She was kissing the face of God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Excerpt from the book entitled “Mary Did You Know” by MarkLowry <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary, did you know that your baby boy </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary, did you know that your baby boy </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Did you know that your baby boy </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary, did you know that your baby boy </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary, did you know that your baby boy </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Did you know that your baby boy </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When you kiss your little baby, you’ve kissed the face of God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The blind will see, the deaf will hear, </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07599433906417028644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844196135144336270.post-58841502899498712902017-12-12T23:12:00.000-04:002017-12-12T23:13:04.393-04:00RIGHTEOUSNESS PREVAILS / A Holy Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">(1 Corinthians 13:6;<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">1 John 1:9; Romans 6:15; 1 Peter 5:5; 2 Timothy 2:19</span></span></span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">)</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is a sweeping revival of the Love of God taking place over all the earth today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However the world has a counterfeit of a love movement on the earth and it is all about tolerance and compromise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must not mistake the Agape love of God to be a compromising kind of love concerning sin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The love Chapter (1 Corinthians 13) does not leave out the sin factor but it says that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>. . .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Father, I will not be in denial any more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I humble myself before you now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I confess my sins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thank you that your word declares that You are faithful and just to forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am now empowered by Your divine ability to live a holy life before You and to be pleasing in your sight.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is not a pleasant topic to address the sin factor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Paul calls it a difficult letter to write as he introduces us to a man in their fellowship of believers at Corinth who was sexually involved with his stepmother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paul takes us through a process of tough love that brought this man and the fellowship of believers under conviction and eventually restored this man back to the fellowship of believers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These were the steps of tough love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Make no mistake about it, God’s love is not compromising and Paul did not compromise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of scripture bears out the same truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God loves the sinner and He hates sin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He does not save us in our sins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He leads us out of darkness into His light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we love people we will be willing to risk the loss of their friendship in order to lead them out of the darkness of their sins into God’s marvelous light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07599433906417028644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844196135144336270.post-70434745393221580502017-12-11T01:30:00.000-04:002017-12-11T01:31:36.281-04:00LOVE REJOICES IN TRUTH / LoveRejoices<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">“Love does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but love rejoices in truth.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">What if Jesus sat down and read the newspaper with me this morning?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would there be anything that would interest Him?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I pondered over the titles that drew my attention as I imagined my Savior sitting with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is our society geared in the direction of rejoicing over unrighteousness and sin?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus is Love, so I put every headline under the careful scrutiny of love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love would not rejoice over someone’s rights being violated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love would cry over the advertisements enticing people to sin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love would shed tears of grief reading about God’s commandments being broken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love would be pained over wrong motivations, giving people incentives to sin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I concluded that Love would find very little in our newspaper to rejoice over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">However, there was one article that made Love smile, <b>‘Widow Rebuilds Life After Shuttle Tragedy.’</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The widow of Columbia mission commander Rick Husband, who died just minutes before landing several years ago, has remarried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She spoke at a memorial for her late husband, “I walked through the valley of the shadow of death but I feared no evil because God was with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God walked us through such phenomenal grief and triumph came out of tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My children and I are all standing and are proof of that.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The Love Walk is not for the fainthearted or the weakling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The journey down this road is one of the most challenging of all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes the most strength to travel this road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes discipline, commitment and faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes trusting God to come through when you don’t see Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes believing in what you cannot see but knowing you are rejoicing in truth and that truth will prevail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lord, I want to take the path of love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe as I take the hand of Love and continue on this journey, every event in my life will be worth reporting on because You will be involved in the story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you that truth will prevail on my journey of love.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07599433906417028644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844196135144336270.post-61356173688057023572017-12-08T22:53:00.000-04:002017-12-08T22:53:45.973-04:00TO PAY ATTENTION OR TO NOT PAY ATTENTION / LovePaysNoAttention<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">Sometimes the things that we should be ignoring are the things that we are paying attention to. And sometimes things we should be paying attention to are the things we are ignoring or showing no interest in. When gossip fills the air, ears perk up when a deaf ear should be turned. Many times children ignore the advice of their parents when this is the most important time they should be paying attention and listening intently. If a student fails to pay attention to the instructor, he will quickly fall behind. Sometimes our choices create unfavorable situations that are irreversible. </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">What keeps us on track, knowing what to attend to and what to ignore? And even if we know what we are supposed to pay attention to and what we are to disregard, how do we have the power to carry that out day to day and hour by hour? Our answer is found in the Word of the Living God. Only by renewing our minds daily on the truths and treasures found in the Word do we really know what choices to make. We walk in the steps of the Messiah by renewing our minds by His Word. Ask yourself, “would Love pay attention to this or would Love ignore this?” When you are grounded in the Word, you will receive power to answer this question and carry it out in your daily life. </span><span style="color: black;"></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Love Pays No Attention</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Sometimes we listen </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">to words we should ignore </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Like negativity and words that scorn</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Somebody's not forgiving </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">And another scandals being born</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Love take no account </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Of an evil done to it </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">No matter the amount, </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">No matter how long</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Offenses that have been done to it</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">But love pays not attention </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">To a suffered wrong</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Sometimes we ignore </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Words we should be listening to like </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Life giving words that instruct</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">"listen to my words, </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I listen to words of good advise </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I love my neighbor </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I listen to His words that instruct</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Offenses that have been done to me</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">But I pay no attention </span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07599433906417028644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844196135144336270.post-50194632834235429682017-12-05T22:55:00.000-04:002017-12-06T05:56:54.225-04:00FORGIVE & FORGET / I Forgive<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;">(Adapted from 1 Corinthians 13:5; John 13:34)</span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">“Love is not resentful;</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;"> it takes no account of the evil done to it,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;"> it pays no attention to a suffered wrong.”</span></i></b><b style="font-size: 16px;"><i></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Consider the love that Jesus himself expressed at Calvary. If there was ever a reason to be offended and a motive for resentment, Calvary was it. Jesus expressed His Father’s love as described 1 Corinthians 13:5 on the Hill of Golgotha. He displayed no resentment before, during or after the crucifixion. In fact, he prayed that His Father would forgive his abusers and not hold it against them. When those that crucified the Savior of the world stands before God on the Day of Judgment, they will each give an account for every deed done in the flesh, as every man will. However, as they stand before Almighty God on that great day, there will be no record of them having crucified the Son of God. </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">that you should love one another.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">so you too should love one another.”</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Jesus, I want to love like you love. I want You to express your love through me. Because of Your example, I pray this with great conviction. I forgive. I forget. I do not resent. I will not keep a record of a suffered wrong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">He cryed Father forgive them </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I can forgive but I cannot forget!”</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How many times have we heard this statement?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it a true statement?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it possible to not only forgive but to also forget?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are we truly forgiving an offense if we are not also forgetting an offense?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The opposite of forgetting is to remember.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To remember is to reconstruct something in our mind or to become aware of something that has been forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To remember also means to retain or commit an idea to memory without forgetting it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In order to begin the process of forgetting an offense or wrong, I must not dwell on the offense in my thoughts or reconstruct the offense with my words in a conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus gave us instruction on how to take action on the process of forgiving and forgetting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And do not turn away from him who would borrow from you.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You have heard that it was said, <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy;<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But I tell you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now that we are not reconstructing the offense in thoughts or conversation, let’s construct actions of love and kindness and respect and speak words of life and love about those who we confess to forgive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Father, I take heed to your Word and I will not keep a record of wrongs done to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not play those recordings over in my mind or form words about them, reconstructing the offense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I relinquish to you all of the records that I have stored in my memory of wrongs done to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will replace the negative thoughts that come up in my mind with blessings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do forgive and I can forget!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for the grace you give me not only to forgive but also to forget every wrong done to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I forgive even as I’ve been forgiven<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That’s the least I can do because of all He has done<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was summer of 1997 and I had just recovered from a miscarriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My body and my emotions were healing from the trauma of losing a baby. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We desperately wanted a child but my body was sending us the message that it was not possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One afternoon I began to bleed uncontrollably.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt like I was hemorrhaging and fear gripped my mind like a vice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hearing the Word, the fear lifted and almost immediately the bleeding stopped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were reminded of the woman in scripture who had suffered from a flow of blood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This woman bled for twelve years!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She went to more than one physician but no one was able to help her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But she heard that Jesus was in town and she made her way to him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Two thousand years ago, this woman had to seek Jesus out and reach out and physically touch Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am sure that she didn’t feel like pushing through a crowd toward Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But she knew if she could touch him, he could make her bleeding stop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That summer afternoon we reached out by faith and touched the fringe of His garment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The woman with the issue of blood touched the Word and was made whole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we spoke the Word, I was made whole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Father, thank you for directing us to Your Word that day 19 years ago, to receive help and healing in a time of trouble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is my desire to take every issue, every challenge, every obstacle to Your throne of grace and speak the Living Word over it and receive whatever I need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for the power of Your Word.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07599433906417028644noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844196135144336270.post-67241568059707817342017-11-30T22:21:00.000-04:002017-11-30T22:21:47.214-04:00JESUS HEALS A SON / LoveSpeaksLife<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Jesus returns to Cana where He had turned water to wine. The people eagerly greet Him, not because of who He is but because they were impressed with what they had seen. They really do not have a clue about who He really is or what he is up to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A very prominent man, a royal official, approaches needing something from Jesus. “Jesus, Jesus!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I beg you, come and heal my son!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My son is at the point of death!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Will you not believe in me unless you see signs and miracles?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b>“Sir, do come down at once before my child dies!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Go back home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your son will live.”<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The man trusts Jesus’ words, turns and heads toward home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the exact same time, his servant starts toward Cana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has news his master needs to hear. . . “Your son lives!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“What time did his fever break!” “Yesterday about 1:00 in the afternoon!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The father knew that Love had spoken life over his son.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The words of Jesus may have come back to his mind and his thoughts may have been . . .<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“That man’s very words gave life to my son!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have received a miracle but it feels more profound than a miracle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel a depth of love that I have never felt. He healed my son because He is Love! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been in the presence of the Messiah!”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Signs and miracles will pass away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could see a miracle today and it fade from my memory tomorrow. I have experienced God moving and changing a situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have seen miracles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I can’t name them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have forgotten most of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I do not forget Love’s life giving words over me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put my faith and trust in Jesus because of love. Love does not fade away. Faith comes from love. Faith is not dependent on signs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Faith depends on love. Love speaks life everywhere it goes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Lord, Your Word speaks life over me. I embrace the love that flows from Your life words. My faith is based on my relationship with you, not what you can do for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am connected to Life and Love today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will speak life giving words to everyone I meet today because I am the recipient of Your Love and life giving words!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Go in peace, your son will live, </span><br />
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Jesus then spat on the ground and made mud with his saliva and spread the mud over the man’s eyes. “Go wash in the Pool of Siloam.”</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">This blind man received his sight as a praise to God. It was an opportunity for God to be glorified. Our physical challenges are opportunities for God to be glorified through His Son.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">God doesn’t want to be begged. God wants to extend grace to us. And He wants to express His love to us. Our healing is a praise to God. When we put that into perspective, we are walking in the expression of God’s love. It is the love walk of the Messiah to heal us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">When Jesus walked on the earth, the lepers and the blind called out to him and he healed them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus still lives and is at the Father’s right hand making intercession for us, talking to our Father about us!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How much more will he heal us now as intercessor beside his Father? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I encourage you to believe the love that is able and available to heal you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I encourage you to believe that he wants to heal you more than you want to be healed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you will give him a legal right by believing, he will heal you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>THE SELFLESSNESS KEY TO DIVINE HEALING</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Adapted from Job 42:10; Ephesians 6:8)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The story of Job is probably the oldest key in the Bible to divine healing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His life seemed to be a disaster until the day he prayed for his friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That day was a turning point in his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Job’s mind had been on himself, he would have missed the opportunity for the greatest blessing of his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was healed physically, emotionally and mentally because he concerned himself with the needs of others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fate of others was more important to him than his own fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can read the end of Job to see how his attitude moved the heart of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Job received double blessings for his troubles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He passed the test.</span><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">If it is healing that you need, find someone that needs healing and pray for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it is deliverance from a certain bondage that you need, look for someone who needs to be freed from the grips of the enemy and pray for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it is money or something tangible that you need, sow a tangible seed into someone’s life and then God will have a legal right to supply all your need. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Father, thank you for recording this old, old account of Job’s life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that I can pattern my attitude after this ancient man’s attitude who passed every test.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can get the same results that he had – double for my trouble.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Adapted from Job 42:10; Ephesians 6:8)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Satan has some plans </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">And you’ll get the double for your trouble,</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07599433906417028644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844196135144336270.post-45802723592004702892017-11-27T13:54:00.000-04:002017-11-27T13:55:23.710-04:00CHECK LIST FOR HEALING / Like The Morning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">There is a connection between forgiveness and healing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that God is sovereign and his thoughts are superior to any reasoning that we may have about healing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, God can heal whom He pleases, when He pleases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But are there sometimes conditions to healing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all know people who are healed that do not seem to meet any criteria whatsoever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we also know those who seem to have the faith to believe and yet fall short of a complete healing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jesus was coming! We called, “Master, have mercy on us!” We were lepers and outcasts so we didn’t get much news on the outskirts of <span class="yshortcuts">Samaria</span> where we lived. But we had heard that the <span class="yshortcuts">Messiah</span> was near and we were watching for him. I knew if I could just get close to Him, I would be made whole.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">I fell at his feet and gratitude poured out of me. I cried and thanked him. The Messiah reached down and pulled me up. “Were not there ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Get up and go on your way. Your faith has restored your health.” As I walked away, I couldn’t take my eyes off of my hands and arms. Not only were they clean but they were now whole!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The ten went on their way </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">I’ve just got to go back and thank Him </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">He cleansed my </span><span class="yshortcuts" style="font-size: 12pt;">body and soul</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I declare the windows of heaven are open over my family! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The blessings of God come to us daily in measures we cannot contain!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We receive daily from God!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">How can I make these bold statements?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have permission to declare the Word of God and believe for manifestations of His Word when I walk in His precepts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This includes forgiving on a daily basis – an hourly basis – forgiving and walking in an attitude of forgiveness constantly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I have observed someone standing for healing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The healing is essential for preservation of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She reads the Word and confesses healing scriptures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She reads all the right books and comes into agreement with those who believe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She speaks positively over herself and does not speak doubt or unbelief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is doing everything right but healing has not manifested.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I wonder if this believer would examine her life, would she find little unforgivenesses that hinder her belief system?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I have to forgive constantly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I talk about an inconvenience, an aggravation or an offense after the fact, I am instilling unforgiveness and giving it a root to take hold in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I challenge you to speak over the thought of unforgiveness that comes up today, whether it be recent or something from the past and declare forgiveness over it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">If the hairdresser is running late and you have to wait, don’t complain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Speak forgiveness over her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the clerk at the convenience store won’t take your debit card because your purchase was not over $5.00, don’t get mad at her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forgive her and her boss and the person who made that policy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a Jehovah Witness knocks on your door, don’t slam the door in his face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t get mad at him for having a different idea of eternity than you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t discuss his unbelief with others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forgive him for being misled and pray that God will cross his path.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Father, I forgive and I let offenses drop today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I leave these and let them go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I forgive major mountainous offenses and I walk in forgiveness for little daily aggravations today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I walk in this mindset every minute of the day. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I declare that the windows of heaven are open over my family and blessings are pouring out on us!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I forgive and I am healed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I forgive, the windows of heaven are open. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07599433906417028644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844196135144336270.post-1942886323480493692017-11-15T21:56:00.000-04:002017-11-15T22:03:50.277-04:00THE SCOPE OF FORGIVENESS / Forgive<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Have you ever considered the scope of forgiveness?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forgiveness is a process of releasing someone or something from your disapproval.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This process involves letting go and dropping offenses and removing them from the mind and heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We usually think of exercising forgiveness by great measures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many people had to forgive the investor in New York who invested their money illegally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Divorcing couples must forgive each other even in the mist of ending their marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even a child must work through the process of forgiveness when he has been violated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Certainly all of these issues have to be carried to the Cross and covered with grace to process forgiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Daily offenses must also be carried to the Cross.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A dozen offenses could come up in one day to require me to forgive that are just as critical to my wellbeing as the major offenses stated above.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man who hurries to the door in front of me at Walmart and doesn’t hold the door needs to be forgiven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The person who disagrees with me or embarrasses me in front of people must be forgiven. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I forgive the person who jumps in a parking space before me and I prefer them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">We also must consider that there are times when we need to forgive ourselves for taking offense when there was no real wrongdoing against us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This would involve keeping quiet and not speaking anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If someone does something that I do not approve of, I forgive by not voicing my opinion or dislike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By my silence, my spirit is instructing my flesh to behave and forgive!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">We can put a religious coating over un-forgiveness inside our hearts and call it many things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can call it hurt or upsettedness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We could call it a wound or a trauma that won’t heal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can rationalize and attempt to diminish the sin of un-forgiveness and hope that it goes away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can attempt to forget the pain and hope there will be no consequences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can justify ourselves by believing a lie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But what really happens to an un-surrendered heart that holds even one issue of un-forgiveness?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Peter asked a similar question to Jesus and his answer was startling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus told Peter a parable about a man who received forgiveness for a large debt but then refused to release forgiveness for a very small debt shortly after.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the man did not extend mercy like he was given mercy, he was called an evil person and sent to prison to be tortured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then Jesus made a shocking statement, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>“That’s what will happen to you if you refuse to forgive from your heart.”</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it possible that a person may be in torment of heart and mind because of un-forgiveness?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prison and torture are also metaphors for actual hell. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">God responds to un-forgiveness the only way Love can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love and un-forgiveness are opposite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They cannot merge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus tells us this in a simple and direct way – the only way to make us understand the seriousness of holding onto un-forgiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wants us to understand that un-forgiveness brings about a spiritual imprisonment and torment and separation from God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He does, however, extend mercy and forgiveness continually and immediately for those who will forgive. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No wonder Jesus said, love those who hate you, do good to those who despitefully use you and say all manner of evil against you falsely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we take love actions in response to the actions toward us that are meant to motivate un-forgiveness in us, we are taking an action toward forgiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Father, put your finger on any issue in my heart that has or could develop into un-forgiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t even want a hint of that which brings imprisonment and torment to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I expose any un-forgiveness to you now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My enemy is not a person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My enemy is the un-forgiveness in my heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore I will take love actions and return good for evil. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I receive and accept the mercy that flows from Your heart and replaces un-forgiveness with forgiveness. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am free from the imprisonment and torment of un-forgiveness. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 115%;">A TWO FOLD COVENANT<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">(Adapted from Mark 11:25-26; Philippians 2:12)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 115%;">The Word says to work out our salvation with fear and trembling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How much thought do we give to working out our salvation and understanding that we have received a complete full pardon from God?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s look at the forgiveness covenant revealed in the Word of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are two parts to this covenant – receiving forgiveness and extending forgiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One is not complete without the other and is probably what God means when He says to work it out with fear and trembling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 115%;">If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us </span></i></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>watchfulness against temptation, </span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 115%;">Perhaps these scriptures suggest to search our hearts for un-forgiveness that might try to take root.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I think about this, I tremble at the thought of keeping un-forgiveness in my heart for even a day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we take God’s Word literally, and believe he means what he says, forgiving others is a very serious issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must actively forgive on a daily basis and sometimes many times a day. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 115%;">Father, search my heart and reveal any un-forgiveness that you see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Give my conscience a tenderness that responds quickly to your correction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for your mercy that gives me the gift of salvation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I extend forgiveness now to those who need it from me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for watching over my heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I dismantle that which is offensive. I forgive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am forgiven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 115%;">(Adapted from Mark 11:25-26; Philippians 2:12)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">This is our forgiveness covenant, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">If we confess our sins, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">You are faithful to forgive us <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">And to cleanse us from all unrighteousness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">This is our forgiveness covenant<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">When I stand praying</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I stand clean before You Lord; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I confess my sins, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">You are faithful to forgive me <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">And to cleanse me from all unrighteousness; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I stand clean as I engage in our forgiveness covenant <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I stand clean before You Lord ; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">As I engage in our forgiveness covenant</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07599433906417028644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844196135144336270.post-21555302440832806452017-11-12T22:34:00.000-04:002017-11-12T22:35:26.882-04:00STEVEN'S CHARGE / When I Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kent Clifford Cooley</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">How many times have I forgiven this way, “Lord, I forgive that person, but Lord, you get them!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make them see that what they have done is wrong!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is actually not forgiveness but a charge against the offender.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">When Stephen said, “Don’t lay this charge against them,” the next thing that happened was, Stephen saw the heavens open and he saw Jesus standing at the right hand of the Father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, the throne of God is in the seventh heaven and not in the first heaven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus’ official position is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">seated</b> at the Father’s right hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, it appears that Stephen’s forgiveness was so powerful that the Father and the Son were immediately translated from the seventh heaven to the first heaven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus stood from his official seated position in honor of Stephen and personally escorted Stephen to heaven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The forgiveness that Stephen practiced was very powerful with God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">As the stones were hitting his body, Stephen was telling the Father that he was pressing no charges against them and asking that He forgive them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could I forgive the same way?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Father, I want to forgive like Stephen forgave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want a heart of forgiveness. I want to express forgiveness for any and every offense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for putting a heart like Stephen’s in me.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">WHEN I LOVE<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Devotion: Stephen’s Charge</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(1 Corinthians 13; 1 John 3:14-15; Acts 7:56)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I love, when I (1. am patient) <i>(2. forgive), </i>when I am kind</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I pass from death unto life, when I love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I hate, when (1. I am jealous) <i>(2. I’m Unforgiving)],</i> when (1. I am rude) <i>(2. I’m self seeking),</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am held captive in spiritual death, when I hate</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Chorus 1 and 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, I’ll take action, (1. I’ll apologize) (2. I will forgive),</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I’ll humble myself and (1. get) (2. keep) myself inside of love, inside of light, I’m back inside of love,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I’m back inside of light</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When old Steven was accused, as the stone were striking his body and he was dying</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He forgave, he stayed inside of love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Father lay not this sin to their charge, he saw the face of God</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And Jesus standing at the father’s right hand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He stayed inside of love</span></div>
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