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  1. DustyRhodes

    Autumn Breeze In A Quiet Valley

    How mournful is an Autumn breeze As it whistles through the pines and Loosens their their branches to sway Singing lilting tunes to no one but a Young boy thinking, remembering how Sweet that was after all those years.
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    Though Outwardly We Are Wasting Away ( 2Cor.4 )

    Yet Inwardly We Are Being Renewed Day By Day, But we do not lose heart because as scripture says, the One who will raise Jesus will also raise us with Him one day. So we don't concentrate on what is seen but on what is unseen. What is seen is only temporary but what is unseen is eternal. We...
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    When Christ Who Is Your Life Appears ( Col.3:4 )

    You Also Will Appear With Him In Glory, So says Paul in Colossians. For us it means that once we take on Christ in our lives we have died to our old self. Dying is something that is now dead and gone. It no longer exists and should be forgotten. Whatever we have done in the past is now left...
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    Trust The Lord With All Your Heart ( Proverbs:3 )

    In All Your Ways Submit To Him, So says Proverbs as it talks about wisdom. That means when we make our decisions we engage God in the process always. If we are able to do that, we will be right most of the time. Without His help, it is easy to wander astray as we start to make decision that...
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    Jesus Said I Am The Bread Of Life ( John:6 )

    Whoever Comes To Me Will Never Hunger, So we compare that to eating food to sustain our earthly bodies for survival. Jesus is opening the door now for us to partake of Spiritual food, this sustains our soul. We live, we learn and then we surrender to Him. In order to grow in heavenly things...
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    Lonliness

    Being lonely does not mean I am alone Being lonely can be sitting with best friends The antidote to being lonely is a prayer life Strengthened by the power of God daily That does not mean asking God always Sitting in a quiet place, reading scripture Then in your solitude listening to Him.
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    Always Be Joyful In The Lord ( Phil.4 )

    Scriptures Tell Us That, It is written both in the New Testament and the Old testament. Well I believe most of us would ask the question "How can I be always joyful". If we think about it though, I don't believe God is saying walk around with a smile all day. Although that would be ideal it is...
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    in Christ Jesus You Are All Children Of God Through Faith ( Gal.3 )

    ou Are All One In Jesus, There is nothing in this world that we should ever strive for, beyond the kingdom of God. All that is wrong in our life and all that can ever be wrong in our life has become ashes because of Christ on the cross. In Him all lessons are learned, all love is fulfilled...
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    This Is The Day The Lord Has Made ( Psalm:118 )

    Let Us Rejoice And Be Glad, Scripture says "This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad. When we give our day to the Lord, we will follow His will, He will be the One who determines our fate. It may not always be as we liked it or would have wished it but in the end as we...
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    The Lord Is My Shepherd ( Psalm:23 )

    He Refreshes My Soul, A beautiful Psalm as God says and does all He can to reassure us of His love and His watch over us. He wants us to know that He will guide us and protect us. And in the end He invites us to dwell in His house all our days. Can we sit and imagine how much love He has for...
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    Imitation Of Jesus

    When someone is good We give them praise When people are bad We treat them with Goodness When we accomplish this We've truly mastered living In the heart of our Lord Jesus
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    Do Not Fear For I Am With You Says The Lord ( Isaiah:41 )

    Do Not Be Anxious, I will strengthen you and help you He says in Isaiah. In every instance, He is at our side. The only thing He asks us to do is to trust Him. He does wonders for us as long as we believe in Him. As we recall Peter when the wind came up a little, he became afraid and began...
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    We Don't Need To Look For God ( Eph.4 )

    We Have Only To Open Our Hearts, There is no place in existence where God isn't. All we need to do is say is: here I am Lord, What do you want of me and then surrender to Him. Not all, but many of our problems and difficulties come from a lack of prayer and meditation. A loss of focus on our...
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    Christ Has Set Us Free ( Gal.6 )

    We Are No Longer Burdened By Slavery, So we wonder what that burden was; it was the chains of the old law. We are no longer shackled by that yoke. The old law led to death and so to be tethered to the old law is putting a burden on us that was removed by Christ crucified. Scripture says...
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    Homeward Bound To Paradise

    As we walk on our journey to god's mansion It is best to walk with a friend now and then To talk a while to dream a while to help a while We Don't need to rush, pace does not matter We can stop to rest but never to stop completely We walk with purpose not with speed It is better to get there a...
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    Jesus Said I Am The Light Of The World ( John:8 )

    We Will Never Walk In Darkness, If we only follow Him and by following Him, it means that we are to cling to Him and in all the things that we do, we will do them with His love. We really need to know what He did so we can at all times follow His example. To read His word is the beginning...
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    Do Not Fear For I Have Redeemed You ( Isaiah:43 )

    I Have Called You By Name And You are mine, The Lord does not give us a chance to think things over. He makes us feel wanted by a single breath. It inspires us to stop what we are doing in an instant. Once He calls us, it is never a second thought we just drop everything and say yes Lord I...
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    Why Do I Love You

    I love you not because you are the prettiest I love you not because you are the wisest I love you not because you smile at me And I love you not because you earned it But I love you just because you let me.
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    Dear Friends Let Us Love One Another ( 1John:4 )

    For Love Comes From God Without God there is no love. Nothing in this world can be called love without the voice of God. There is existence but there is not love. This is proven in scripture where it says that all is from the world while love is from the Spirit. So if we were born of the...
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    Love From The Beginning

    Like the beginning of the universe God started it with a small flicker And from that point is still growing So it is with love; it begins with only One spark of God and then begins to grow We need only to nourish it and and tend it But it should never be neglected not for a moment As it will be...