Month: December 2019

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“”Then David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly. “Lord, the God of our ancestor Israel, may You be praised forever and ever! Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory , the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and earth are Yours, O Lord, and this is Your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things. Wealth and honor come from You, alone, for You rule over everything. Power and might are in Your hand, and at you discretion people are made great and given strength.

O our God, we thank You and praise Your glorious name! But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to You? Everything we have has come from You, and we give You only what You first gave us! We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are soon without a trace.””

1 Chronicles 29 10-15

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Excepts from 1 Chronicles 16. David’s Song of Praise after returning the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem.

“”Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.

Give the Lord the glory He deserves! Bring your offering and come into His presence. Worship the Lord in all His holy splendor.

Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice! Tell the nations, “The Lord reigns! ” Let every sea and everything in it shout His praise! Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy! Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise for the Lord is going to judge the earth.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His faithful love endures forever.

Praise the Lord, The God of Israel, who lives from everlasting to everlasting! And all the people shouted “Amen!”” 1 Chronicles 16:25,29,31-34, 36 NLT

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Excerpts from 2 John.

“Grace, mercy and peace, which come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ – the son of the Father- will continue to be with us who live in truth and love.” 2 John 1:3 NLT

“I am writing to remind you , dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning. Love means doing what God has commanded us, and He has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning.

I say this to you because many deceivers have gone out into the world. They deny that Jesus Christ came in real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist. With out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. Be diligent so that you receive your full reward.

Anyone who wanders away from this teaching has no relationship with God. But anyone who remains in the teaching of Christ has a relationship with both the Father and the Son.

If anyone comes to your meeting and does not teach the truth about Christ, don’t invite that person into your home or give any kind of encouragement. Anyone who encourages such people becomes a partner in their evil work.” 2 John 1:5-11 NLT

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In Paul’s leter to the Romans in Chapter 8, he writes about God’s love.

“What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since He did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for us, won’t He also give us everything else? Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for His own? No one – for God Himself has given us right standing with Himself. Who then will condemn us? No one – for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and He is sitting at the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.

Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean He no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ who loved us.

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels or demons, neither or fears for today or our worries about tomorrow – not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below – indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us fro the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus, Our Lord.” Romans 8: 31-39 NLT