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it. the world and all who live in it; for he founded it upon the seas and
established it upon the waters. Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may
stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart">
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"The earth is the Lord's and everything in
it. the world and all who live in it; for he founded it upon the seas and
established it upon the waters. Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may
stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart">
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"The earth is the Lord's and everything in
it. the world and all who live in it; for he founded it upon the seas and
established it upon the waters. Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may
stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does
not live up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. He will receive
blessing from the Lord and vindication from God his Savior. This is the
generation of those who seek him, who seek your face O God of Jacob."
Selah --Psalm 24 : 1-6
"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes in him who
sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from
death to life. I tell you the truth, a time is coming & is now come when the
dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God & those who hear shall live."
--John 5: 24, 25
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that
whosoever believes in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. For
God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world
through him might be saved. He that believes in him is not condemned: but he
that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the
name of the one and only Son of God. And this is the verdict, that light is
come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their
deeds were evil. For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes
to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But whoever lives by the
truth comes into the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they
are wrought in God."
--John 3: 16 - 21
" Then the angel said to me,
'Write: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!.'
And he added, 'These are the true words of God.' At this I fell at his feet to
worship him. But he said to me, 'Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you
and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the
testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." --Revelation 19: 9
- 10
"During
the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised
the God of heaven and said: 'Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever;
wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and
deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He
reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells
with him. I thank and praise you, O God of my fathers: You have given me wisdom
and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known
to us the dream of the king.' " --Daniel 2: 19-23
"For God did not
appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus
Christ. He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live
together with him. Therefore encourage one another and build each other up,
just as in fact you are doing. Now we ask you brothers, to respect those who
work hard among you, who are over you in the lord and admonish you. Hold
them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with
each other. And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage
the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. Make sure that nobody
pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and
everyone else. Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all
circumstances, for this is God's will for you. "
1 Thessalonians 5: 9 - 18
Open your heart Food for thought: the Bread of life
All Scriptures are from the King James and New International
Version Bible
"...for it is
light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said, 'Wake
up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ shall give you
light.' See then that you walk prudently, watchful, not as fools, but as
wise." Ephesians 5: 14-15
"And when the days of purification according to the
Law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to
present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, 'Every
firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord'), and to offer a sacrifice in
keeping what is said in the Law of the Lord, 'a pair of turtledoves or two young
pigeons'. And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was just
and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit
was upon him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not
die before he had seen the Lord's Christ. Moved by the Spirit, he went into the
temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what
the custom of the Law required, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God
saying: 'Sovereign Lord, you now may dismiss your servant in peace, according to
your word: For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the
sight of all people, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to
your people Israel.' The child's father and mother marveled at those things
which were spoken of him."
Luke 2: 22-33
"And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will
pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
also upon the servants, both men and women, in those days, I shall pour out
my Spirit."
Joel 2: 28-29
"And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of
a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest
on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to
speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them. Now they were staying
in Jerusalem, devout Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard
this sound, the multitude came together in bewilderment, because each one
heard them speaking in his own language...Amazed and perplexed, they asked
one another, "What does this mean?' Some, however, made fun of them and
said, 'They have had too much wine'. Then Peter stood up with the Eleven,
raised his voice and addressed the crowd: 'Fellow Jews and all you who live
in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say.
These men are not drunk as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning!'"
Acts 2: 2-6, 12-15 "I tell
you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has
eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to
life. I tell you the truth, a time is coming, and now is, when the dead
shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and those who hear shall live."
John 5: 24-25 "For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not
perish but have everlasting life. " --John 3:16 "Be patient then, brothers,
until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to
yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring
rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is
near." -James 5: 7,8 "For I know the plans I have
for you." declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you, and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future." --Jeremiah 29:11
"For rulers are not a terror to good works,
but to the evil. Will you then not be afraid of the power? do that which
is good, you shall have praise of the same." -Romans 13:3 "To every thing there is a
season, and a time to every purpose under heaven." -Ecclesiastes 3:1 "The god of this age has
blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the
gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God...For God, who
said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' made light shine in our hearts to
give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of
Christ." --2 Corinthians 4:4, 6 "There's a way that seems right
to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." --Proverbs 16:25 "Jesus said to them, 'My food
is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to finish His work.'" --John 4:34 "Do not deceive yourselves. If any
one of you thinks he is wise in this world, let him become a fool so he
may be wise." --1Corinthinians: 3:18 "Praise the Lord with guitar:
sing to him with the harp, and an instrument of ten strings. Sing to him a
new song, play skillfully, and shout a joyful noise. For the word of the
Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth. The Lord loves
righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. By the
word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of
his mouth. He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap: he lays up
the depth in storehouses. Let all the inhabitants of earth stand in awe of
him; let all the people of the world revere him. For he spoke, and it was
done; he commanded, and it stood fast. The Lord foils the plans of
the heathen: he makes the devices of the people of none effect. The
counsel of the Lord stands firm forever, the thoughts of his heart is to
all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the
Lord; and the people whom he chose for his own inheritance." --Psalm 33: 2-12 "In Ephesus, Paul said to them, 'John's baptism was a
baptism of repentance.' He told the people to believe in the one coming
after him, that is, in Jesus. On hearing this, they were baptized in the
name of the Lord Jesus. When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Ghost
came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. They were about
twelve men in all. Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for
three months, arguing persuasively the things concerning the kingdom of
God. But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and
publicly spoke evil. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and
had discussions daily in the lecture hall. This went on for two years, so
that all the Jews and Gentiles who lived in the province of Asia heard the
word of the Lord. God did special extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul:
using handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him and were taken to the
sick, and their diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out
of them." --Acts 19:4-12 "And, behold, one like the Son of man came with the
clouds of heaven. Behold thy King come unto thee. He is triumphant and
victorious, lowly and riding upon an ass." --Daniel 7:13; Zechariah 9:9 *Early Rabbinical
Writings
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "'The Son of man must suffer many things, and be
rejected by the elders, chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and
raised to life the third day.' Then he said to them all: 'If any
man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross
daily, and follow me. For whosoever shall save his life shall lose it, but
whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall save it. What
advantage is it for a man to gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be
cast away?'" "And he said to them, 'Go tell that fox, Behold I will
drive out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and the third day
I shall reach my goal.'" "And he said to them, 'This is what I told you while I
was with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written in the law of
Moses, in the prophets and in the psalms, concerning me.'
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He
told them. 'This is what is written: That Christ will suffer and rise from
the dead on the third day: and that repentance and forgiveness of sins
should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Ye are witnesses of these things. And, behold, I send the promise of my
father upon you: tarry ye in the city, until ye be endued with power from
on high.'" --Luke 9:22-25; 13:32; 24:44-49 "For out of Jerusalem will come a
remnant, and out of Mount Zion, a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord
Almighty will accomplish this. Therefore, this is what the Lord says
concerning the king of Assyria: 'He will not enter this city or shoot an
arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp
against it. By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this
city,' declares the Lord. 'I will defend this city and save it, for my
sake and for the sake of David my servant!'." --Isaiah 37: 32-35 "He was driving out a devil which was dumb.; and when
the devil had come out, the dumb man began to speak. The people were
astonished, but some of them said, 'It is by Beelzebub prince of devils
that he drives the devils out.' Others, by way of a test, demanded of him
a sign from heaven. But he knew what was in their minds, and said, 'Every
kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and a house
divided against a house falls. Equally if Satan is divided
against himself, how can his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out
devils through Beelzebub. If it is by Beelzebub that I cast out devils, by
whom do your own people cast them out? If this is your argument,
they themselves will refute you. But if it is by the finger of God that I
drive out the devils, then be sure the kingdom of God has already come
upon you. When a strong man fully armed is on guard over his castle his
possessions are safe. But when someone stronger comes upon him and
overpowers him, he carries off the arms and armor on which the man had
relied and divides the plunder. He is not with me is against me, and he
who does not gather with me scatters.' " --Luke 11: 14-23; Mark 3:20-27; Matthew 12: 22-30 "Listen to me my people;
and give ear to me, O my nation: for the law that shall proceed from
me; my justice will become a light to the nations. My righteousness
draws near; my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the people. The islands will look to me and wait in hope for
my arm they shall trust." --Isaiah 51: 4-5 "Jesus said to him, 'I am
the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, except
through me...If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask
the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, to be with you
forever; Even the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive,
because it neither sees him nor knows him. For you know him, for he lives
with you and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will
come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will
see me. Because I live, ye also shall live. On that day you will realize I
am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my
commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me: and he that loves me
shall be loved of my Father, and I too will love him and manifest myself
to him.' " --John 14: 6, 15-21 "God said to Abraham, Do not
be so distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to whatever
Sarah tells you, hearken to her voice, because it is through Isaac that
your offspring will be reckoned. I will make the son of your maidservant
into a nation also, because he is your seed." --Genesis 21:12,13 "No one has seen God at any time.
If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is made complete in
us. Hereby we know that we live in him, and he in us, because he has given
us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the
Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever shall acknowledge that
Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them, and they in God, so we know
and believe the love God has towards us. God is love, and whoever
lives in love lives in God, and God in them." --1 John 4:12-16 "During the night, the mystery
was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of
heaven and said, Blessed be the name of God forever: for wisdom and might
are his: And he changes the times and the seasons; he sets up kings and
deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the
darkness, and the light dwells with him. I thank and praise you, O God of
my fathers: You have given me wisdom and might, you have made known to me
what we have asked of you, and you have now made known to us the
king's dream." --Daniel 2: 19-23
"That day, in the evening, he
said to them, 'Let us cross over to the other side of the lake.' And they
launched forth. They left the crowd and took him with them in the boat
where he had been sitting; and there were little ships accompanying them.
There arose a great tempest, and the waves broke over the boat until it
was all but swamped. Now he was in the stern asleep on a pillow; they
roused him and said, 'Master we are sinking! Do you not care?' He stood
up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, 'Peace, be still!' The wind
ceased and there was a dead calm. He said to them, 'Why are you fearful?
Have you no faith, even now?' They were awestruck, and marveled to one
another, saying 'What manner of man is this, whom even the wind and
sea obey?'" --Matthew 8: 23-27; Mark 4: 35-41; Luke 8: 22-25
"He makes wars to cease unto the
end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear, he burns the
shields with fire. Be still, and know that I am God, I will be
exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth." --Psalm 46:9, 10 "Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
all you who remain of the house of Israel, you whom I have upheld since
you were conceived, and have carried since your birth. Even to your old
age and gray hairs, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you, and I
will carry you; I will deliver you, and I will rescue you. To whom will
you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be
compared? Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the
scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and
worship it. They lift it to their shoulders and carry it; they set it up
in its place, and there it stands. From that spot it cannot move.
Though one cries out to it, it does not answer; it cannot save them from
their troubles. Remember this, fix it in mind, take it to heart, you
rebels. Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there
is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end
from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: my
counsel shall stand." --Isaiah 46: 3-10 "Create in me a clean heart, O
God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your
presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your
salvation, and uphold me with your free spirit and sustain me. Then I will
teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.
Deliver me from guilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue shall
sing aloud of your righteousness." --Psalm 51: 10-14
"And I will cut off the
chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow
shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace to the heathen: his dominion
shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the
ends of the earth." --Zechariah 9:10
"For whatsoever things were
written in the past was to teach us, so that through endurance and the
encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope." --Romans 15:4 "And the children of the Levites
carried the ark of God, with the poles upon their shoulders, as Moses had
commanded in accordance with the word of the Lord. David told the leaders
of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers of
joyful songs, a choir accompanied with instruments of music: lyres,
harps, horns, flutes, zithers and pipes, and cymbals, sounding, by lifting
up their voice with joy." --1 Chronicles 15: 15,16
"Who has
believed our message and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? He grew up
before him like a tender plant, and like a root out of dry ground: he had no
comeliness or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that
we should desire him. He is despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows
and familiar with suffering: like one from whom men hide their faces; he was
despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our grief and carried
our sorrows: yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and
afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and by his wounds we
are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; each of us has turned to his
own way; and the Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed
and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open
his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare
his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the
transgression of my people he was stricken. He was assigned a grave with the
wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor
was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleases the Lord, it is his will, to
cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life a guilt offering, he
shall see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord shall
prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be
satisfied: by his knowledge my righteous servant shall justify many; for he
shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I shall give him a portion among the
great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out
his life unto death: and was numbered with the transgressors; for he bore
the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."
-Isaiah 53
"I thank my God every time I remember you. In
all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your
partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of
this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion
until the day Jesus comes. It is right for me to feel this way about all of
you, since I have you in my heart....and this is my prayer: that your love
may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may
be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day
of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus
Christ - to the glory and praise of God."
--Philippians 1: 3-7, 9-11
"See I will send you the prophet Elijah
before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the
hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of their children to
their fathers..." --Malachi 4: 5.6
"If any man be
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