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    Blessed Are You When People Insult And Persecute You ( Matt:5 )

    Rejoice And Be Glad Great Is Your Reward In Heaven, Prophets and even Jesus was persecuted so we shall be Christ's warriors and deliver His message despite those who might want to insult you because of Christ's righteousness. Typically people such as those do the things they do out of...
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    You Are My God And I Will Praise You ( Psalm:118 )

    You Are My God And I Exalt You, Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, His love endures forever. The Psalm is an encouragement for us to be with Him in the morning and the night and everything in between. There came a time in my life when almost all of my mental thought was God. Gone were...
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    The Lord Is Close To The Broken Hearted ( Psalm:34 )

    He Saves Those Who Are Crushed In Spirit, No matter how deep is the hole we have dug, God in His glorious mercy sets us free. Our first inclination when our life falls into that hole is that we give up. We abandon God and then we even want to blame Him for our woes. We need to take Job as an...
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    Our Heavenly Dwelling ( 2Cor.5 )

    Those Who Are In Christ Become A New Creation, We no longer live in the flesh because the old has passed away and we live a new life. All that we are and all that we do becomes our glory to God. Through reconciliation we are no longer living in fear of death. Christ crucified saved us from...
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    Lord I Know You Are Near ( Psalm:41 )

    You Are Always With Me, To You I will cling with a relentless grasp for without You I have nothing. Day by day you pour out your blessings upon a waiting world. May it be that all the world will cling to you one day. In the busy and often confusing world, stumble and wander in the dark...
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    The Lord Gives Strength To His People ( Psalm:29 )

    He Blesses His People With Peace, He watches over us always and helps us to straighten our path. That is how much He loves us and how He is willing give so we have the tools to yield to Him. It is really essential to trust Him in all things if we really believe He is our saviour. The Lord...
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    May The God Of Hope Fill You With All Joy And Peace ( Romans:15 )

    So That You May Overflow With Hope By The Power Of The Holy Spirit. Paul is talking about his own work as an apostle of Christ while at the same time giving encouragement to those who are ready to follow him. There is an emphasis on being family so that people could see them as one. He...
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    Everyone Who Believes That Jesus Is The Christ Is Born Of God, ( 1John:5 )

    Everyone Who Loves The Father Loves His Child As Well, Whoever is born of the Father does not continue to sin. In that, John knows that through our human condition which is less than perfect, we will sin. That is not to say that we willfully sin without even trying to sin less as that will...
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    I Will Extol The Lord With All My Heart (Psalm:111 )

    Great Are The Works Of The Lord, This Psalm Is An Extensive List Of All The Great Things God has done and continues to do for us. The nearer we come to Him in our spiritual journey, the more we are able to take advantage of His gifts and glories. It is not like He holds back from some and...
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    The Word Of God IS Living And Effective ( Hebrews:4 )

    It Is The Power Of Endless Truth, Jesus did not come to condemn the world but to reveal God to the world. So what we see in Jesus, we surely see in God. He is our endless stream of clear water to quench our deepest thirsts. The example of Jesus is pure and all he says and does is pure. He...
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    Wait On The Lord ( Psalm:27 )

    Be Of Good Courage Be Patient and He will strengthen your Heart, We need always to be diligent in loving our Lord, That entire Psalm lays out the foundation to grow in faith and there may be times when we don't feel God in our heart but we must never feel that He is hidden from us or He is...
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    Therefore Be Imitators Of As Dear Children ( Ephesians:5 )

    And Walk In Love As Christ Also Loved Us, Paul often exhorts us to be good to each other and help the ones who want help or need help. That is why it is important to attend church so we can talk with others and keep a solid fellowship. Of course what happens in church is important but the...
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    Can Anyone Of You By Worrying ( Matthew:6 )

    Add A Single Hour To Your Life, I believe Jesus is talking about superficial worry like little things. Sometimes through no fault of our own we get dazed and confused about life and even if things are going well, we get overwhelmed by things that cause anxiety and misunderstanding. I believe...
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    Life Through The Spirit ( Romans:8 )

    Because Through Christ Jesus The Law Of The Spirit Who Gives Life Has Set You Free From The Law Of Sin And Death, The law could not deliver us to eternal life if Christ Jesus did Not accept the cross. That is why we need to accept that we now live by grace and not in the flesh. There is a...
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    Life Through The Spirit ( Romans:8 )

    Because Through Christ Jesus The Law Of The Spirit Who Gives Life Has Set You Free From The Law Of Sin And Death, The law could not deliver us to eternal life if Christ Jesus did Not accept the cross. That is why we need to accept that we now live by grace and not in the flesh. There is a...
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    The Kingdom Of Heaven Is Like Treasure Hidden In A Field ( Matt.13 )

    A Man Found It And Hid It Again Then He Went And Sold What He Had And Bought That Field, Our Lord Jesus Christ is that treasure and all that we are and all that we can offer means nothing unless we are willing to leave the world behind and come to Him with all that we have. That doesn't...
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    Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled

    You Believe In God Believe Also In Me, Jesus came upon this earth to reveal to us who God is. In other words what ever Jesus does, God would also do. At the time the disciples separated God and Jesus but of course we now know and understand that Jesus and God are one. That is why Jesus told...
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    Come To Me All Who Are Heavily Burdened ( Matt:11 )

    And I Will Give You Rest, Jesus goes on to say "My yoke is easy and my burden is light" So we need to come to Him in humility and our need. We are to become humble as He is humble. So our primary focus in life is to let go of our pride and take all Jesus says and does as example of all we...
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    To You Lord I Call; You Are My Rock ( Psalm:28 )

    Hear My Cry For Mercy, This is a plea to God for our sins to be forgiven. No one among us is perfect so we all need to really think about past sins and bring them to Jesus. With repentance we come to Him and so He can nullify whatever we have done in the past. Jesus forgives us and lets go...
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    Follow God's Example Therefore ( Eph.5 )

    As Dearly Beloved Children, We were once in the darkness and now Our Lord Jesus Christ showed us the light. Each day He shows us the way as we walk closer and closer to our heavenly kingdom. As Christians our way becomes His way meaning our flesh is futile until we Give ourselves up to Him...