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Daniel and the Lions Den | Daniel 6
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1 “Come, everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,
and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.
3 Incline your ear, and come to me;
hear, that your soul may live;
and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David.
4 Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander for the peoples.
5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know,
and a nation that did not know you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel,
for he has glorified you.
6 “Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 55:1-7 ----
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1 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13 As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame;
he remembers that we are dust.
Psalm 103:1-14 ----
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31 And taking the twelve, he said to them,
“See, we are going up to Jerusalem,
and everything that is written
about the Son of Man by the prophets
will be accomplished.
32 For he will be delivered over
to the Gentiles and will be mocked
and shamefully treated and spit upon.
33 And after flogging him, they will kill him,
and on the third day he will rise.”
34 But they understood none of these things.
This saying was hidden from them,
and they did not grasp what was said.
35 As he drew near to Jericho,
a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
36 And hearing a crowd going by,
he inquired what this meant.
37 They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
38 And he cried out, “Jesus,
Son of David, have mercy on me!”
39 And those who were in front rebuked him,
telling him to be silent.
But he cried out all the more,
“Son of David, have mercy on me!”
40 And Jesus stopped and
commanded him to be brought to him.
And when he came near, he asked him,
41 “What do you want me to do for you?”
He said, “Lord, let me recover my sight.”
42 And Jesus said to him,
“Recover your sight; your faith has made you well.”
43 And immediately he recovered his sight
and followed him, glorifying God.
And all the people, when they saw it,
gave praise to God.
Luke 18:31-43
6 “I am the Lord;
I have called you in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you as a covenant for the people,
a light for the nations,
7 to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.
Isaiah 42:6-7 ----
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1 The hand of the Lord was upon me,
and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord
and set me down in the middle of the valley;
it was full of bones.
2 And he led me around among them,
and behold, there were very many
on the surface of the valley,
and behold, they were very dry.
3 And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.”
4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones,
and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones:
Behold, I will cause breath to enter you,
and you shall live.
6 And I will lay sinews upon you,
and will cause flesh to come upon you,
and cover you with skin, and put breath in you,
and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded.
And as I prophesied, there was a sound,
and behold, a rattling, and the bones
came together, bone to its bone.
8 And I looked, and behold,
there were sinews on them,
and flesh had come upon them,
and skin had covered them.
But there was no breath in them.
9 Then he said to me,
“Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man,
and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God:
Come from the four winds, O breath,
and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me,
and the breath came into them,
and they lived and stood on their feet,
an exceedingly great army.
11 Then he said to me, “Son of man,
these bones are the whole house of Israel.
Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up,
and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.’
12 Therefore prophesy, and say to them,
Thus says the Lord God:
Behold, I will open your graves
and raise you from your graves, O my people.
And I will bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And you shall know that I am the Lord,
when I open your graves,
and raise you from your graves, O my people.
14 And I will put my Spirit within you,
and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land.
Then you shall know that I am the Lord;
I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.”
Ezekiel 37:1-14 ----
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6 Humble yourselves, therefore,
under the mighty hand of God
so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
7 casting all your anxieties on him,
because he cares for you.
8 Be sober-minded; be watchful.
Your adversary the devil prowls around
like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
9 Resist him, firm in your faith,
knowing that the same kinds of suffering
are being experienced by
your brotherhood throughout the world.
10 And after you have suffered a little while,
the God of all grace, who has called you
to his eternal glory in Christ,
will himself restore, confirm,
strengthen, and establish you.
11 To him be the dominion
forever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 5:6-11 ----
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25 Now to him who is able
to strengthen you
according to my gospel
and the preaching of Jesus Christ,
according to the revelation of the mystery
that was kept secret for long ages
26 but has now been disclosed
and through the prophetic writings
has been made known to all nations,
according to the command
of the eternal God,
to bring about the obedience of faith—
27 to the only wise God be glory forevermore
through Jesus Christ! Amen.
Romans 16:25-27
24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings
for your sake, and in my flesh
I am filling up what is lacking
in Christ’s afflictions for the sake
of his body, that is, the church,
25 of which I became a minister
according to the stewardship from God
that was given to me for you,
to make the word of God fully known,
26 the mystery hidden for ages
and generations but now revealed to his saints.
27 To them God chose to make known
how great among the Gentiles
are the riches of the glory of this mystery,
which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
28 Him we proclaim, warning everyone
and teaching everyone with all wisdom,
that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
29 For this I toil, struggling with all his energy
that he powerfully works within me.
Colossians 1:24-29 ----
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13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action,
and being sober-minded,
set your hope fully on the grace
that will be brought to you
at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
14 As obedient children, do not be conformed
to the passions of your former ignorance,
15 but as he who called you is holy,
you also be holy in all your conduct,
16 since it is written,
“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
17 And if you call on him as Father
who judges impartially
according to each one’s deeds,
conduct yourselves with fear
throughout the time of your exile,
18 knowing that you were ransomed
from the futile ways inherited
from your forefathers,
not with perishable things
such as silver or gold,
19 but with the precious blood of Christ,
like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
20 He was foreknown before
the foundation of the world
but was made manifest in the
last times for the sake of you
21 who through him are believers in God,
who raised him from the dead
and gave him glory,
so that your faith and hope are in God.
22 Having purified your souls
by your obedience to the truth
for a sincere brotherly love,
love one another earnestly
from a pure heart,
23 since you have been born again,
not of perishable seed but of imperishable,
through the living and abiding word of God;
1 Peter 1:13-23 ----
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[Verse 1]
We were dead in all our sin
No light within our hearts
But mercy spoke and called our name
And grace became our start
Not by works that we have done
No strength that we could bring
But by the blood of Christ alone
Our souls were ransomed free
[Chorus]
All of grace, all of Christ
All our hope is found in Him
Not our hands, not our deeds
But the cross where life begins
We will boast in nothing else
Only Jesus crucified
All of grace, all of Christ
Now and ever He is mine
[Verse 2]
The law revealed our helpless state
No peace could it provide
But Jesus bore our curse and shame
When He was lifted high
The wrath of God was satisfied
The stone was rolled away
Now clothed in righteousness
We stand accepted by His grace
[Chorus]
All of grace, all of Christ
All our hope is found in Him
Not our hands, not our deeds
But the cross where life begins
We will boast in nothing else
Only Jesus crucified
All of grace, all of Christ
Now and ever He is mine
[Bridge]
No condemnation now remains, no fear of judgment day
The judge who stands before the throne has washed our sins away
We rest upon His finished work, our faith a gift divine
From first to last our song will be, salvation by His grace
[Outro]
And on that day when skies grow bright
And faith becomes our sight
The King of glory will appear
In power and in might
The dead in Christ will rise to life
Our hope fulfilled at last
Forever with our Savior, all our tears and trials past
All of grace, all of Christ
Now our faith has turned to sight
Every knee, every tongue
Will confess Him as the Christ
We will sing through endless days
Worthy is the Lamb once slain
All of grace, all of Christ
Jesus is forever mine
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1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord,
urge you to walk in a manner worthy
of the calling to which you have been called,
2 with all humility and gentleness,
with patience, bearing with one another in love,
3 eager to maintain the unity
of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body and one Spirit
—just as you were called
to the one hope that belongs to your call—
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 one God and Father of all,
who is over all and through all and in all.
7 But grace was given to each one of us
according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
8 Therefore it says,
“When he ascended on high
he led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men.”
9 (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean
but that he had also descended
into the lower regions, the earth?
10 He who descended is the one
who also ascended far above all the heavens,
that he might fill all things.)
11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets,
the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,
12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry,
for building up the body of Christ,
13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith
and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
to mature manhood, to the measure
of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
14 so that we may no longer be children,
tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about
by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning,
by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
15 Rather, speaking the truth in love,
we are to grow up in every way
into him who is the head, into Christ,
16 from whom the whole body, joined
and held together by every joint
with which it is equipped, when each part
is working properly, makes the body grow
so that it builds itself up in love.
Ephesians 4:1-16 ----
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3 Blessed be the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
4 who comforts us in all our affliction,
so that we may be able to comfort those
who are in any affliction,
with the comfort with which
we ourselves are comforted by God.
5 For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings,
so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
6 If we are afflicted,
it is for your comfort and salvation;
and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort,
which you experience when you patiently endure
the same sufferings that we suffer.
7 Our hope for you is unshaken,
for we know that as you share in our sufferings,
you will also share in our comfort.
8 For we do not want you to be unaware,
brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia.
For we were so utterly burdened
beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.
9 Indeed, we felt that we had received
the sentence of death.
But that was to make us rely not on ourselves
but on God who raises the dead.
10 He delivered us from such a deadly peril,
and he will deliver us.
On him we have set our hope
that he will deliver us again.
11 You also must help us by prayer,
so that many will give thanks on our behalf
for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
12 For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience,
that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity,
not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God,
and supremely so toward you.
13 For we are not writing to you anything
other than what you read and understand
and I hope you will fully understand—
14 just as you did partially understand us—
that on the day of our Lord Jesus
you will boast of us as we will boast of you.
2 Corinthians 1:3-14 ----
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14 What good is it, my brothers,
if someone says he has faith
but does not have works?
Can that faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed
and lacking in daily food,
16 and one of you says to them,
“Go in peace, be warmed and filled,”
without giving them the things
needed for the body, what good is that?
17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
18 But someone will say,
“You have faith and I have works.”
Show me your faith apart from your works,
and I will show you my faith by my works.
19 You believe that God is one; you do well.
Even the demons believe?—and shudder!
20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person,
that faith apart from works is useless?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works
when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
22 You see that faith was active along with his works,
and faith was completed by his works;
23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says,
“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?
—and he was called a friend of God.
24 You see that a person is justified by works
and not by faith alone.
25 And in the same way was not also
Rahab the prostitute justified by works
when she received the messengers and
sent them out by another way?
26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead,
so also faith apart from works is dead.
James 2:14-26 ----
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1 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham,
our forefather according to the flesh?
2 For if Abraham was justified by works,
he has something to boast about, but not before God.
3 For what does the Scripture say?
“Abraham believed God,
and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
4 Now to the one who works,
his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
5 And to the one who does not work
but believes in him who justifies the ungodly,
his faith is counted as righteousness,
6 just as David also speaks of the blessing
of the one to whom God counts
righteousness apart from works:
7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord
will not count his sin.”
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1 Hear my prayer, O Lord;
give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your faithfulness answer me,
in your righteousness!
2 Enter not into judgment with your servant,
for no one living is righteous before you.
Romans 4:1-8 & Psalm 143:1-2 ----
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1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ,
any comfort from love,
any participation in the Spirit,
any affection and sympathy,
2 complete my joy by being of the same mind,
having the same love,
being in full accord and of one mind.
3 Do nothing from rivalry or conceit,
but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests,
but also to the interests of others.
5 Have this mind among yourselves,
which is yours in Christ Jesus,
6 who, though he was in the form of God,
did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant,
being born in the likeness of men.
8 And being found in human form,
he humbled himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death, even death on a cross.
9 Therefore God has highly
exalted him and bestowed on him
the name that is above every name,
10 so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, in heaven
and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed,
so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence,
work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
13 for it is God who works in you,
both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Philippians 2:1-13 ----
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1 “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak,
and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
2 May my teaching drop as the rain,
my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and like showers upon the herb.
3 For I will proclaim the name of the Lord;
ascribe greatness to our God!
4 “The Rock, his work is perfect,
for all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
just and upright is he.
7 Remember the days of old;
consider the years of many generations;
ask your father, and he will show you,
your elders, and they will tell you.
8 When the Most High
gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he divided mankind,
he fixed the borders of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God.
9 But the Lord’s portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.
10 “He found him in a desert land,
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he encircled him, he cared for him,
he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Deuteronomy 32:1-4 & 7-10 ----
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9 And so, from the day we heard,
we have not ceased to pray for you,
asking that you may be filled
with the knowledge of his will
in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord,
fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work
and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 being strengthened with all power,
according to his glorious might,
for all endurance and patience with joy;
12 giving thanks to the Father,
who has qualified you to share
in the inheritance of the saints in light.
13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness
and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
14 in whom we have redemption,
the forgiveness of sins.
15 He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of all creation.
16 For by him all things were created,
in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—
all things were created through him and for him.
17 And he is before all things,
and in him all things hold together.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church.
He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
that in everything he might be preeminent.
19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,
20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things,
whether on earth or in heaven,
making peace by the blood of his cross.
Colossians 1:9-20 ----
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Psalm 34
Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech,
so that he drove him out, and he went away.
1 I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and be glad.
3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together!
4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
5 Those who look to him are radiant,
and their faces shall never be ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
9 Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,
for those who fear him have no lack!
10 The young lions suffer want and hunger;
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
11 Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 What man is there who desires life
and loves many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.
14 Turn away from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
and his ears toward their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
20 He keeps all his bones;
not one of them is broken.
21 Affliction will slay the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
Psalm 34 ----
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Verse 1
In lowly stall the Savior lies,
The Light of God come down,
The hope long promised from the skies,
Now wears a humble crown.
The Word made flesh, the Holy One,
In manger straw did sleep,
Yet from His birth His path was set,
The cross His own to keep.
Chorus
Born that He might die for me,
Love’s pure gift on Calvary,
He left His throne for sinner’s plea,
Born that He might die for me.
Verse 2
No room was found within the inn,
No glory crowned His birth,
Yet angels sang of peace and grace,
God’s mercy come to earth.
The shepherds came, their hearts amazed,
At heaven’s mystery,
That Christ the Lord, the promised Lamb,
Would die to set us free.
Chorus
Born that He might die for me,
Love’s pure gift on Calvary,
He left His throne for sinner’s plea,
Born that He might die for me.
Bridge
From manger cold to garden tomb,
The story love began,
The cradle shadows Calvary’s hill,
The cross reveals God’s plan.
Final Chorus
Born that He might die for me,
Risen now in victory,
Forevermore His praise shall be,
Born that He might die for me.
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1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see,
or decide disputes by what his ears hear,
4 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
5 Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;
and a little child shall lead them.
7 The cow and the bear shall graze;
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,
and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.
9 They shall not hurt or destroy
in all my holy mountain;
for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 11:1-9
[Chorus]
O, righteous Branch of Jesse’s line,
Sent to bear our sins and die,
To bring forgiveness, hope, and life
To all who trust in You.
The nations lift their voice in praise,
To Christ, the Savior of our days,
By faith we walk in peace and light,
Our Shepherd guiding us through darkest night.
[Alternative Chorus]
You bore the weight of guilt and loss,
Our souls redeemed upon the cross,
Through Your great love, our hearts made whole,
You reign in mercy over all
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1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem
of Judea in the days of Herod the king,
behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,
2 saying, “Where is he who has been born
king of the Jews for we saw his star when it rose
and have come to worship him.”
--
5 They told him,
“In Bethlehem of Judea,
for so it is written by the prophet
6 ‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah
for from you shall come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
--
9 After listening to the king,
they went on their way
and behold, the star that they had seen
when it rose went before them
until it rested over the place where the child was.
10 When they saw the star,
they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.
11 And going into the house,
they saw the child with Mary his mother
and they fell down and worshiped him.
Then, opening their treasures,
they offered him gifts,
gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Matthew 2:1-11 ----
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68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has visited and redeemed his people
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David,
70 as he spoke by the mouth
of his holy prophets from of old,
71 that we should be saved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath that he swore
to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 And you, child,
will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
in the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Luke 1:68-79 ----
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18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ
took place in this way.
When his mother Mary
had been betrothed to Joseph,
before they came together
she was found to be with child
from the Holy Spirit.
19 And her husband Joseph,
being a just man and unwilling
to put her to shame,
resolved to divorce her quietly.
20 But as he considered these things,
behold, an angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a dream, saying,
“Joseph, son of David,
do not fear to take Mary as your wife,
for that which is conceived in her
is from the Holy Spirit.
21 She will bear a son,
and you shall call his name Jesus,
for he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All this took place to fulfill
what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us).
Matthew 1:18-23 ----
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26 In the sixth month
the angel Gabriel was sent from God
to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
27 to a virgin betrothed to a man
whose name was Joseph,
of the house of David.
And the virgin’s name was Mary.
30 And the angel said to her,
“Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God.
31 And behold, you will conceive
in your womb and bear a son,
and you shall call his name Jesus.
32 He will be great and will be
called the Son of the Most High.
And the Lord God will give to him
the throne of his father David,
33 and he will reign over the
house of Jacob forever,
and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
Luke 1v26-27 & 30--33
11 For the grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation for all people,
12 training us to renounce ungodliness
and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled,
upright, and godly lives in the present age,
13 waiting for our blessed hope,
the appearing of the glory of our
great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
14 who gave himself for us
to redeem us from all lawlessness
and to purify for himself a people
for his own possession
who are zealous for good works.
Titus 2v11-14
4 But when the fullness of time had come,
God sent forth his Son, born of woman,
born under the law,
5 to redeem those who were under the law,
so that we might receive adoption as sons.
6 And because you are sons,
God has sent the Spirit of his Son
into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son,
and if a son, then an heir through God.
Galatians 4:4-7 ----
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Verse 1
Sing a new song to the Lord,
For He has done marvelous things.
His right hand and holy arm
Have worked salvation for us.
Pre-Chorus
Let the earth rejoice and sing,
He has come, our Savior, King.
Let the heavens and the earth proclaim,
The joy of His holy name.
Chorus
Joy to the world, let it ring,
Lift up your voice, let the nations sing!
He is born, the King of Light,
Glory to God, in the highest, tonight.
Joy to the world, peace on earth,
We celebrate the Savior’s birth.
Verse 2
The Lord has remembered his steadfast love,
His faithfulness to his people.
All the ends of the earth have seen,
The salvation of our God.
Let the earth rejoice and sing,
He has come, our Savior, King.
Let the heavens and the earth proclaim,
The joy of His holy name.
Chorus
Joy to the world, let it ring,
Lift up your voice, let the nations sing!
He is born, the King of Light,
Glory to God, in the highest, tonight.
Joy to the world, peace on earth,
We celebrate the Savior’s birth.
Bridge
Let the sea roar, Let the hills shout,
God's creation in unison
For the Lord, he comes, he comes
And his righteousness will be known.
Chorus
Joy to the world, let it ring,
Lift up your voice, let the nations sing!
He is born, the King of Light,
Glory to God, in the highest, tonight.
Joy to the world, peace on earth,
We celebrate the Savior’s birth.
We celebrate the Savior’s birth.
continue in what you have learned
and have firmly believed,
knowing from whom you learned it
15 and how from childhood
you have been acquainted
with the sacred writings,
which are able to make you
wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is breathed out
by God and profitable for teaching,
for reproof, for correction,
and for training in righteousness,
17 that the man of God may be complete,
equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:14-17 ----
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1 I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart;
before the gods I sing your praise;
2 I bow down toward your holy temple
and give thanks to your name
for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,
for you have exalted above all things
your name and your word.
Psalm 138:1-2 ----
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15 For this reason,
because I have heard of your faith
in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,
16 I do not cease to give thanks for you,
remembering you in my prayers,
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom
and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened,
that you may know what is the hope
to which he has called you,
what are the riches of his glorious inheritance
in the saints,
19 and what is the immeasurable greatness
of his power toward us who believe,
according to the working of his great might
20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead
and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all rule and authority
and power and dominion,
and above every name that is named,
not only in this age but also in the one to come.
22 And he put all things under his feet
and gave him as head over all things to the church,
23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Ephesians 1v15-23 ----
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[Verse 1]
There will be a day when the Son will come
He will raise us up, bones from the dust
We will meet Him there in the clouds above
Where He'll be with us forevermore
[Chorus]
And take us with Him to His heavenly kingdom
Death will be no more
No tears will be shed, no pain, no dread
The Light of Life in our hearts
Burning bright from the Son
The Light of Life has come
[Verse 2]
While we wait for Him, our minds are set above
Living for the King here down below
Our hearts are set ablaze from the light we shine
It's His glorious love He set on us
[Chorus]
For it is written that the Son was given
To lay His life down for us
To carry our sin, to pay for it
And grant us life in His death
Bursting out from the grave
Only the Son will save
[Bridge]
And this hope, it can be yours
For this salvation is sure
Believe what He has done
Our hope is in the Risen One
Waiting for Him to come
[Chorus]
And take us with Him to His heavenly kingdom
Death will be no more
No tears will be shed, no pain, no dread
The Light of Life in our hearts
Burning bright from the Son
The Light of Life, the Light of Life has come
Eternity has now begun
- Words & Music written by Bekk Hemelaar
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A Maskil of David.
1 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
5 I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
6 Therefore let everyone who is godly
offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found;
surely in the rush of great waters,
they shall not reach him.
7 You are a hiding place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
9 Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
which must be curbed with bit and bridle,
or it will not stay near you.
10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.
11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous,
and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
psalm 32 ----
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9 Pray then like this:
“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
[Psalm 29:2, Isaiah 6:3]
10 Your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
[Psalm 103:19, Philippians 2:10–11]
11 Give us this day our daily bread,
[Deut. 8:3, Psalm 23:1]
12 and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
[Colossians 3:13, Ephesians 4:32]
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
[1 Corinthians 10:13, 2 Thessalonians 3:3]
Matthew 6:9-13
"For yours is the kingdom, and the power
and the glory, forever. Amen."
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3 Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has blessed us in Christ
with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
4 even as he chose us in him
before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and blameless before him.
In love 5 he predestined us
for adoption to himself as sons
through Jesus Christ,
according to the purpose of his will,
6 to the praise of his glorious grace,
with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
7 In him we have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of our trespasses,
according to the riches of his grace,
8 which he lavished upon us,
in all wisdom and insight
9 making known to us the mystery of his will,
according to his purpose,
which he set forth in Christ
10 as a plan for the fullness of time,
to unite all things in him,
things in heaven and things on earth.
11 In him we have obtained an inheritance,
having been predestined
according to the purpose of him
who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ
might be to the praise of his glory.
13 In him you also,
when you heard the word of truth,
the gospel of your salvation,
and believed in him,
were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance
until we acquire possession of it,
to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:3-14 ----
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Lord, release my heart
from the anchor to this world,
that it may soar
into the shining light of your glory.
How wonderful it is
to let go of the things
that weigh us down to this world
and embrace a restful mind
that has it's cares only for Christ.
Rest my soul, rest my soul,
in God we find true life's all.
Rest my soul, rest my soul,
my heart has found its home.
Nothing in my hands I bring
Simply to your cross I cling.
Rest my soul, rest my soul.
Lord, release my heart
from the anchor to this world,
that it may soar
into the shining light of your glory.
"...in your presence
there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand
are pleasures forevermore."
Psalm 16:11
- Words & Music written by Bekk Hemelaar
for love is from God,
and whoever loves has been
born of God and knows God.
8 Anyone who does not love
does not know God, because God is love.
9 In this the love of God was
made manifest among us,
that God sent his only Son into the world,
so that we might live through him.
10 In this is love,
not that we have loved God
but that he loved us and sent
his Son to be the propitiation [bear the wrath]
for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us,
we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:7-11 ----
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we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Through him we have also obtained
access by faith into this grace in which we stand,
and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings,
knowing that suffering produces endurance,
4 and endurance produces character,
and character produces hope,
5 and hope does not put us to shame,
because God’s love has been poured
into our hearts through the Holy Spirit
who has been given to us.
6 For while we were still weak,
at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person
—though perhaps for a good person
one would dare even to die—
8 but God shows his love for us in that
while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:1-8 ----
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but always seek to do good
to one another and to everyone.
16 Rejoice always,
17 pray without ceasing,
18 give thanks in all circumstances;
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
19 Do not quench the Spirit.
20 Do not despise prophecies,
21 but test everything; hold fast what is good.
22 Abstain from every form of evil.
23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely,
and may your whole spirit and soul and body
be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.
1 Thessalonians 5:15-24 ----
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‘Behold, your king is coming to you,
humble, and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”
Matthew 21:5
33 And as they were untying the colt,
its owners said to them,
“Why are you untying the colt?”
34 And they said, “The Lord has need of it.”
35 And they brought it to Jesus,
and throwing their cloaks on the colt,
they set Jesus on it.
36 And as he rode along,
they spread their cloaks on the road.
37 As he was drawing near—
already on the way down the Mount of Olives—
the whole multitude of his disciples
began to rejoice and praise God
with a loud voice for all the mighty works
that they had seen,
38 saying, “Blessed is the King
who comes in the name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
39 And some of the Pharisees
in the crowd said to him,
“Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
40 He answered, “I tell you,
if these were silent,
the very stones would cry out.”
Luke 19:33-40 ----
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except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
by which the world has been crucified to me,
and I to the world.
Galatians 6:14
3 For we are the circumcision,
who worship by the Spirit of God
and glory in Christ Jesus
and put no confidence in the flesh—
4 though I myself have reason
for confidence in the flesh also.
If anyone else thinks he has reason
for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
5 circumcised on the eighth day,
of the people of Israel,
of the tribe of Benjamin,
a Hebrew of Hebrews;
as to the law, a Pharisee;
6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church;
as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
7 But whatever gain I had,
I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
8 Indeed, I count everything as loss
because of the surpassing worth
of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
Philippians 3:3-8 ----
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Believe in God; believe also in me.
2 In my Father’s house are many rooms.
If it were not so, would I have told you
that I go to prepare a place for you?
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again and will take you to myself,
that where I am you may be also.
4 And you know the way to where I am going.”
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord,
we do not know where you are going.
How can we know the way?”
6 Jesus said to him,
“I am the way, and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.
7 If you had known me,
you would have known my Father also.
From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip said to him,
“Lord, show us the Father,
and it is enough for us.”
9 Jesus said to him,
“Have I been with you so long,
and you still do not know me, Philip?
Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.
How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father
and the Father is in me?
The words that I say to you I do not speak
on my own authority,
but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father
and the Father is in me,
or else believe on account of
the works themselves.
John 14:1-11 ----
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Blind to truth, opposed to light.
But God, in love, has made a way—
The Son was crushed to bear our blame.
Now raised in power, He reigns above,
And calls His church to speak His love.
Christ we preach, the crucified,
Risen Lord, now glorified.
Not ourselves, nor fleeting ease—
We proclaim the Prince of Peace.
Our sin is great, his grace is more—
Run to Christ, the open door.
No other name by which we're saved,
No works we boast, no debt we pay.
He took our place, our wrath endured,
Our pardon sealed, our hope secured.
The message stands, unchanged, complete—
Go and believe, and find His peace.
Christ we preach, the crucified,
Risen Lord, now glorified.
Not ourselves, nor fleeting ease—
We proclaim the Prince of Peace.
Our sin is great, his grace is more—
Run to Christ, the open door.
Let none be silent, none ashamed,
This gospel saves in Jesus’ name.
Though fools may scoff and kings oppose,
Still we go, for Christ arose.
So lift your voice, no matter the cost,
Proclaim His cross to those still lost.
The fields are white, the call is clear—
Let's speak that all the world may hear.
Christ we preach, the crucified,
Risen Lord, now glorified.
Not ourselves, nor fleeting ease—
We proclaim the Prince of Peace.
Our sin is great, his grace is more—
Run to Christ, the open door.
Our sin is great, his grace is more—
Run to Christ, the open door.
Run to Christ, the open door.
“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
3 my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold and my refuge,
my savior; you save me from violence.
4 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.
32 “For who is God, but the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God?
33 This God is my strong refuge
and has made my way blameless.
34 He made my feet like the feet of a deer
and set me secure on the heights.
50 “For this I will praise you,
O Lord, among the nations,
and sing praises to your name.
51 Great salvation he brings to his king,
and shows steadfast love to his anointed,
to David and his offspring forever.”
2 Samuel 22:2-4; 32-34; 50-51 ----
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when you sin and are beaten for it,
you endure? But if when you do good
and suffer for it you endure,
this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.
21 For to this you have been called,
because Christ also suffered for you,
leaving you an example,
so that you might follow in his steps.
22 He committed no sin,
neither was deceit found in his mouth.
23 When he was reviled, he did not
revile in return; when he suffered,
he did not threaten, but continued
entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
24 He himself bore our sins
in his body on the tree,
that we might die to sin
and live to righteousness.
By his wounds you have been healed.
25 For you were straying like sheep,
but have now returned to the Shepherd
and Overseer of your souls.
1 Peter 2:20-25 ----
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“I will give thanks to you, O LORD,
for though you were angry with me,
your anger turned away,
that you might comfort me.
2 “Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song,
and he has become my salvation.”
3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
4 And you will say in that day:
“Give thanks to the LORD,
call upon his name,
make known his deeds among the peoples,
proclaim that his name is exalted.
5 “Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously;
let this be made known in all the earth.
6 Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”
Isaiah 12 ----
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he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the LORD.
4 Blessed is the man who makes
the LORD his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after a lie!
5 You have multiplied, O LORD my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
yet they are more than can be told.
9 I have told the glad news of deliverance
in the great congregation;
behold, I have not restrained my lips,
as you know, O LORD.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.
11 As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain
your mercy from me;
your steadfast love and your faithfulness will
ever preserve me!
12 For evils have encompassed me
beyond number;
my iniquities have overtaken me,
and I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs of my head;
my heart fails me.
16 But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
say continually, “Great is the LORD!”
17 As for me, I am poor and needy,
but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!
Psalms 40:1-5; 9-12; 16-17 ----
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and loving kindness
of God our Savior appeared,
he saved us, not because of works
done by us in righteousness,
but according to his own mercy,
by the washing of regeneration
and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
whom he poured out on us richly
through Jesus Christ our Savior,
so that being justified by his grace
we might become heirs
according to the hope of eternal life.
The saying is trustworthy,
and I want you to insist on these things,
so that those who have believed in God
may be careful to devote themselves to good works.
These things are excellent and profitable for people.
Titus 3:4-8 ----
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who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalms 1:1-6 ----
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as beloved children.
And walk in love, as Christ loved us
and gave himself up for us,
a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
..for at one time you were darkness,
but now you are light in the Lord.
Walk as children of light
(for the fruit of light is found
in all that is good and right and true),
and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness,
but instead expose them.
For it is shameful even to speak
of the things that they do in secret.
But when anything is exposed by the light,
it becomes visible, for anything that
becomes visible is light.
Therefore it says,
“Awake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”
Look carefully then how you walk,
not as unwise but as wise
making the best use of the time,
because the days are evil.
Therefore do not be foolish,
but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Ephesians 1:1 & 8-17 ----
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“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
Then Job answered the LORD and said:
“Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
I have spoken once, and I will not answer;
twice, but I will proceed no further.”
Then the LORD answered Job
out of the whirlwind and said:
“Dress for action like a man;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.
Will you even put me in the wrong?
Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
Have you an arm like God,
and can you thunder with a voice like his?
Job 40:1-9
“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook
or press down his tongue with a cord?
Behold, the hope of a man is false;
he is laid low even at the sight of him.
No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up.
Who then is he who can stand before me?
Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Job 41:1 & 9-11
Then Job answered the LORD and said:
“I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;
therefore I despise myself,
and repent in dust and ashes.”
Job 42:1-2 & 5-6 ----
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justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
Therefore men fear him; he does not regard any who are
wise in their own conceit.”
Then the LORD answered Job
out of the whirlwind and said:
“Who is this that darkens counsel
by words without knowledge?
Dress for action like a man;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.
“Where were you when I laid
the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone,
when the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
“Or who shut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,
when I made clouds its garment
and thick darkness its swaddling band,
and prescribed limits for it
and set bars and doors, and said,
‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?
Job 37:23-38:11 ----
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But he laid his right hand on me, saying,
“Fear not, I am the first and the last,
and the living one."
Revelation 1:17
Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Psalm 90:2
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
coming down from the Father of lights,
with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
James 1:17
declaring the end from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
Isaiah 46:10 ----
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at early dawn, they went to the tomb,
taking the spices they had prepared.
And they found the stone
rolled away from the tomb,
but when they went in they did
not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
While they were perplexed about this,
behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.
And as they were frightened
and bowed their faces to the ground,
the men said to them,
“Why do you seek the living among the dead?
He is not here, but has risen.
Remember how he told you,
while he was still in Galilee,
that the Son of Man must be delivered
into the hands of sinful men
and be crucified and on the third day rise.”
And they remembered his words,
and returning from the tomb
they told all these things to the eleven
and to all the rest.
Luke 24:1-9
As they were talking about these things,
Jesus himself stood among them,
and said to them, “Peace to you!”
But they were startled and frightened
and thought they saw a spirit.
And he said to them,
“Why are you troubled, and why do doubts
arise in your hearts? See my hands
and my feet, that it is I myself.
Touch me, and see.
For a spirit does not have flesh
and bones as you see that I have.”
And when he had said this,
he showed them his hands and his feet.
And while they still disbelieved for joy
and were marveling, he said to them,
“Have you anything here to eat?”
They gave him a piece of broiled fish,
and he took it and ate before them.
Then he said to them, “These are my words
that I spoke to you while I was still with you,
that everything written about me in
the Law of Moses and the Prophets
and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
Then he opened their minds to
understand the Scriptures, and said to them,
“Thus it is written, that the Christ should
suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,
Luke 24:36-46 ----
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what you will eat or what you will drink,
nor about your body, what you will put on.
Is not life more than food,
and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow
nor reap nor gather into barns,
and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not of more value than they?
And which of you by being anxious can
add a single hour to his span of life?
And why are you anxious about clothing?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow:
they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you,
even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these. But if God so clothes the
grass of the field, which today is alive and
tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not
much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Therefore do not be anxious, saying,
‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’
or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles
seek after all these things, and your
heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
But seek first the kingdom of God
and his righteousness, and all these things
will be added to you. “Therefore do not be
anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will
be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Matthew 6:25-34 ----
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