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    The Lord Has Done Great Things For Us ( Isaiah:25 )

    I Will Exalt You And Praise Your Name, We will trust our God and He will save us from all peril that may befall us. He is our refuge and our strength. He will calm all our storms and set us upon the path of glory again. So we need to be calm and have faith. Faith in our Lord will bring us...
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    Then Hannah Prayed And Said: ( 1 Samuel:2 )

    My Heart Rejoices In The Lord, There is no one in our Christian lives more relevant to our lives than Christ on the Cross. He lifts us up when we fall down, He turns are sadness into joy. He does all of this by His love as a gift. Then all we need to do is to take His gifts and truly bring...
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    God Opposes The Proud ( James:4 )

    He Shows Favor To The Humble, Humility comes to us with a strong prayer life and giving ourselves constantly to His will. In that way we grow in the Spirit by following all the joy that He pours over us. With daily acceptance of God's will, we don't fear evil because Christ overcame evil on...
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    God Opposes The Proud ( James:4 )

    He Shows Favor To The Humble, Humility comes to us with a strong prayer life and giving ourselves constantly to His will. In that way we grow in the Spirit by following all the joy that He pours over us. With daily acceptance of God's will, we don't fear evil because Christ overcame evil on...
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    Great Is Our Lord And Mighty In Power ( Psalm: 147 )

    His Understanding Has No Limit, All that we have and all that will ever be comes From our Father in heaven. All that we are and all that we will ever be was created by Him. We need not look anywhere else or to anyone else for His book is the recipe for eternal life. If we wander away from...
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    You Were Not Redeemed With Silver Or Gold ( 1Peter:1 )

    But With The Precious Blood Of Christ A Lamb Without Blemish Or Defect, What a wonderful way of starting a day, knowing that God made Himself the sacrificial Lamb through Christ. How can we read that and not feel at least some obligation to surrender to Him. And by surrender we mean not only...
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    I Love The Lord For He Heard My Voice ( Psalm:116 )

    He Heard My Cry For Mercy, This is a beautiful Psalm as it takes us on a journey. We begin with doubts and misunderstandings and fear. But as He takes our hand and leads us, we grow in knowledge and understanding and while it may take more time for some than others if we persevere, He will...
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    Jesus Reinstates Peter ( John 21:15

    Jesus Said To Peter Do You Love Me, Three three times Jesus asked Peter that question. All three times Jesus replied yes; each time with more conviction. After the third time that Peter said yes, Jesus told him to feed His sheep. We see here that Jesus did not test the disciples as to how...
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    Jesus Reinstates Peter ( John 21:15

    Jesus Said To Peter Do You Love Me, Three three times Jesus asked Peter that question. All three times Peter replied yes; each time with more conviction. After the third time that Peter said yes, Jesus told him to feed His sheep. We see here that Jesus did not test the disciples as to how...
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    They Will Call On My Name And I Will Answer Them ( Zechariah:13 )

    I Will Say They Are My People They Will Say The Lord Is My God, How intimately He wants us to be close to Himself. Unequivocally God Issues that statement so that we will have no doubt as to what He is talking about and who He is talking with. Also God speaks of the consequences if we don't...
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    Where Shall I Go From Your Spirit

    Where Shall I Flee From Your Presence, God is always near and always on our side. The psalmist is reassuring himself and us as well that God knows all and He always knows all; He never makes mistakes. So we should be eternally comforted that if we slip, He will catch us. At times when we are...
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    For In Him All Things Were Created ( Col.1:16)

    Things In Heaven And On Earth Visible And Invisible, Everything was created for us so we could have joy in Him. Yet throughout time that was not enough because it seems we wanted more and even faltered because of our evil minds. Still, God did not give up on us; even through all our follies...
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    You Have Made Known To Me The Paths Of Life ( Acts:2 )

    You Will Fill Me With Joy In Your Presence, A follower of Jesus rejoicing in the power of Gods' love. Once we have been smitten with His love, I believe we can never move away from Him. If some do move away I think that perhaps they never quite just go to that place where they have really...
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    You Are Radiant With Light ( Psalm:76 )

    More Majestic Than The Mountains, What a wonderful way to describe God, seeing Him in the mind in all His glory. It would be a great way for us to awaken in the morning and see Him in all of His Splendor. Actually it`s a good way to wake up and feel ourselves in His presence, starting the...
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    In Their Hearts Humans Plant Their Course ( Proverbs:16 )

    But The Lord Establishes Their Steps, So God lets us decide what we want to do and then He helps us do it. That is a lot different than what many believe. Many believe that God charts our course in life from start to finish. In effect like we are puppets on a string. But Proverbs says...
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    Let Us Draw Near To God With A Sincere Heart ( Hebrews:10 )

    With The Full Assurance That Faith Brings, Paul goes on to say that our hearts were sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience; having our body washed in pure water. Sometimes it doesn't take too many words to really say something. He says we are being purified with the eternal water of...
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    Surely Your Goodness And Love Will Follow Me ( Psalm:23 )

    And I Will Dwell In The House Of The Lord All The Days Of My Life, What a large commitment made by the psalmist for himself of course and as something for us to strive for. So where is the house of the Lord; I think it is not a stretch to believe that it is wherever we go and wherever we are...
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    Walk In The Way Of Love Just As Jesus Loved Us ( Ephesians:5 )

    He Gave Himself Up As A Fragrant Offering And A Sacrifice To God, What a beautiful way scripture describes Jesus on the cross. It really kind of brings us to a place where we have the desire to absorb that fragrant offer and truly live in its eternal glory. To say that Jesus on the cross...
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    Seek The Lord While He May Be Found ( Isaiah:55 )

    Call On Him While He Is Near, Isaiah is calling on those who are wayward and lost on the road to God. As well he is calling on those who have never accepted God. For them and for us the message is no matter how far adrift we may have gone, God will always be there. God is merciful loving and...
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    Praise Him You Servants Of The Lord ( Palm:135 )

    Praise The Name Of The Lord What a beautiful Psalm. All through it we are encouraged to accept and hold His virtues through our days. There are all sorts of pitfalls in the Psalm but when we follow Him we are constantly being guided to the straight path. There were many other false Gods but...