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bible.com/bible/100/2co.1.3-4.NASB1995
Forgive us Lord, when we seek help in the temporal things. May we ALWAYS, find comfort and help in you, no matter what comes our way. NOTHING, can separate us from your LOVE!
bible.com/bible/100/psa.121.2.NASB1995
Lord, our need is great to be right with you. You are the creator of all things and there is not one of us that are righteous, except by Jesus, who was the perfect one offered up on our behalf. We are truly blessed.
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Father, help us remember to ask, maybe even plead in our time of need for wisdom. This is not something that just gets zapped into us, when we are a Christian. We certainly have you word and your Holy Spirit, but let us not forget to communicate our need in certain situations.
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The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart. Luke 6:45
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Father, gives eyes to see, through, Jesus, our example. He forsook all, giving up all, that he would see clearly and do your will. Guide us, Holy Spirit, that we remain steadfast in our walk.
bible.com/bible/100/1jn.2.15-16.NASB1995
We are called to fight, not in our own strength, but in faith, with HIS word, and through the power of the Holy Spirit. Use HIS weapons (Eph 6:10-20).
bible.com/bible/100/1ti.6.12.NASB1995
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things of the earth (verse 2)
bible.com/bible/100/col.3.1.NASB1995
Obey God and Prosper – Given to Israel, and passed down to the gentiles as well. We have been chosen, for a purpose, that is meant to share with others. He is our God, and We are his people. Our hearts transformed, by the work of Jesus.
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Obey God and Prosper
1 “Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the L ORD your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it, † 2 so that you and your son and your grandson might a fear the L ORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, b all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. 3 “O Israel, you should listen and 1 be careful to do it, that a it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the L ORD , the God of your fathers, has promised you, in b a land flowing with
17)For momentary, a light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18) while we a look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. (See notes below)
bible.com/bible/100/psa.30.5.NASB1995
MacArthur Study Bible
2nd Cor 4:17
momentary, light affliction. The Gr. word for “light” means “a weightless trifle” and “affliction” refers to intense pressure. From a human perspective, Paul’s own testimony lists a seemingly unbearable litany of sufferings and persecutions he endured throughout his life ( 11:23–33 ), yet he viewed them as weightless and lasting for only a brief moment. eternal weight of glory. The Gr. word for “weight” refers to a heavy mass. For Paul, the future glory he would experience with the Lord far outweighed any suffering he experienced in this world (cf. Ro 8:17 , 18 ; 1Pe 1:6 , 7 ). Paul understood that the greater the suffering, the greater would be his eternal glory (cf. 1Pe 4:13 ).
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things which are seen … not seen. Endurance is based on a person’s ability to look beyond the physical to the spiritual; beyond the present to the future, and beyond the visible to the invisible.
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