BibleGateway.com Discussions - JUST GRATEFUL2024-03-29T09:38:34Zhttp://stayblessed.ning.com/group/biblegatewaycom/forum?groupUrl=biblegatewaycom&feed=yes&xn_auth=noIF THOU WOULD BELIEVEtag:stayblessed.ning.com,2012-03-14:2917072:Topic:1032382012-03-14T13:02:46.060ZEvang. Felecia Spauldinghttp://stayblessed.ning.com/profile/MsFelecia
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-4"><strong>Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? - John 11:40 (KJV)</strong></span><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867237048?profile=original"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867237048?profile=original" width="425"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-4"><strong>Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? - John 11:40 (KJV)</strong></span><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867237048?profile=original"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867237048?profile=original" width="425"/></a></p> THE PEACE MAKER OF THE UNIVERSEtag:stayblessed.ning.com,2011-12-27:2917072:Topic:1006032011-12-27T16:01:57.528ZEvang. Felecia Spauldinghttp://stayblessed.ning.com/profile/MsFelecia
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867235302?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867235302?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="200"></img></a> Micah 5:2</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>The Message (MSG)</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>2-4But you, Bethlehem, David's country,</strong></em></span><br></br> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>the runt of the…</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867235302?profile=original"><img width="200" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867235302?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="200"/></a>Micah 5:2</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>The Message (MSG)</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>2-4But you, Bethlehem, David's country,</strong></em></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>the runt of the litter—</strong></em></span><br/><span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>From you will come the leader</strong></em></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>who will shepherd-rule Israel.</strong></em></span><br/><span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>He'll be no upstart, no pretender.</strong></em></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>His family tree is ancient and distinguished.</strong></em></span><br/><span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Meanwhile, Israel will be in foster homes</strong></em></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>until the birth pangs are over and the child is born,</strong></em></span><br/><span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>And the scattered brothers come back</strong></em></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>home to the family of Israel.</strong></em></span><br/><span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>He will stand tall in his shepherd-rule by God's strength,</strong></em></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>centered in the majesty of God-Revealed.</strong></em></span><br/><span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>And the people will have a good and safe home,</strong></em></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>for the whole world will hold him in respect—</strong></em></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Peacemaker of the world!</strong></em></span></p> LET US RUN BACK TO GOD ....LET US BOW AND WORSHIP HIM!!!!tag:stayblessed.ning.com,2011-12-21:2917072:Topic:1005512011-12-21T13:43:34.861ZEvang. Felecia Spauldinghttp://stayblessed.ning.com/profile/MsFelecia
<div class="heading passage-class-0"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234994?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234994?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="235"></img></a> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Psalm 22:23-31</span></strong></em></h3>
<p class="txt-sm" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong>The Message (MSG)…</strong></em></span></p>
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<div class="heading passage-class-0"><h3 style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234994?profile=original"><img width="235" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234994?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="235"/></a><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Psalm 22:23-31</span></strong></em></h3>
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<div class="result-text-style-normal"><p style="text-align: center;"><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> <sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13264">22-24</sup> Here's the story I'll tell my friends when they come to worship,</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> and punctuate it with Hallelujahs:</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> Shout Hallelujah, you God-worshipers;</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> give glory, you sons of Jacob;</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> adore him, you daughters of Israel.</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> He has never let you down,</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> never looked the other way</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> when you were being kicked around.</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> He has never wandered off to do his own thing;</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> he has been right there, listening.</strong></em></span> <br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> <sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13265">25-26</sup> Here in this great gathering for worship</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> I have discovered this praise-life.</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> And I'll do what I promised right here</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> in front of the God-worshipers.</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> Down-and-outers sit at <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>'s table</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> and eat their fill.</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> Everyone on the hunt for God</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> is here, praising him.</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> "Live it up, from head to toe.</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> Don't ever quit!"</strong></em></span> <br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> <sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13266">27-28</sup> From the four corners of the earth</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> people are coming to their senses,</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> are running back to <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>.</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> Long-lost families</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> are falling on their faces before him.</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span> has taken charge;</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> from now on he has the last word.</strong></em></span> <br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> <sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13267">29</sup> All the power-mongers are before him</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> —worshiping!</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> All the poor and powerless, too</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> —worshiping!</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> Along with those who never got it together</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> —worshiping!</strong></em></span> <br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong> <sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-13268">30-31</sup> Our children and their children</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong> will get in on this</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong> As the word is passed along</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong> from parent to child.</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong> Babies not yet conceived</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong> will hear the good news—</strong></em></span> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><em><strong> that God does what he says.</strong></em></span></p>
</div> A Lesson from the Anttag:stayblessed.ning.com,2011-12-06:2917072:Topic:987492011-12-06T15:45:56.254ZEvang. Felecia Spauldinghttp://stayblessed.ning.com/profile/MsFelecia
<h5 class="passage-header" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><strong><em>A Lesson from the Ant</em></strong></span></h5>
<h4><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">(Proverbs 6)</span></h4>
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<h5 style="text-align: center;" class="passage-header"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-4"><strong><em>A Lesson from the Ant</em></strong></span></h5>
<h4><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2">(Proverbs 6)</span></h4>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em> <sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-6865">6-11</sup> You lazy fool, look at an ant.</em></strong></span> <br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em> Watch it closely; let it teach you a thing or two.</em></strong></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>Nobody has to tell it what to do.</em></strong></span> <br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em> All summer it stores up food;</em></strong></span> <br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em> at harvest it stockpiles provisions.</em></strong></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>So how long are you going to laze around doing nothing?</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em> How long before you get out of bed?</em></strong></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there,</em></strong></span> <br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em> sit back, take it easy—do you know what comes next?</em></strong></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life,</em></strong></span> <br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em> poverty your permanent houseguest!</em></strong></span></p> WITHOUT GOD LIFE IS 'LIKE....SIN AND BONES'tag:stayblessed.ning.com,2011-12-05:2917072:Topic:978492011-12-05T15:08:26.563ZEvang. Felecia Spauldinghttp://stayblessed.ning.com/profile/MsFelecia
<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867235007?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867235007?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="200"></img></a> Proverbs 5</strong></em></span></h4>
<h5 class="passage-header" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong>Nothing but Sin and Bones…</strong></em></span></h5>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867235007?profile=original"><img width="200" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867235007?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="200"/></a>Proverbs 5</strong></em></span></h4>
<h5 style="text-align: center;" class="passage-header"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Nothing but Sin and Bones</strong></em></span></h5>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong> <sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-6858">1-2</sup> Dear friend, pay close attention to this, my wisdom; listen very closely to the way I see it.</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Then you'll acquire a taste for good sense;</strong></em></span> <br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong> what I tell you will keep you out of trouble.</strong></em></span> <br/><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong> <sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-6859">3-6</sup> The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet,</strong></em></span> <br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong> her soft words are oh so smooth.</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>But it won't be long before she's gravel in your mouth,</strong></em></span> <br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong> a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart.</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>She's dancing down the primrose path to Death;</strong></em></span> <br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong> she's headed straight for Hell and taking you with her.</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>She hasn't a clue about Real Life,</strong></em></span> <br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong> about who she is or where she's going.</strong></em></span></p> HEAR GOD'S VOICE AND TRUST HIS WAY!!!tag:stayblessed.ning.com,2011-12-04:2917072:Topic:974182011-12-04T14:14:48.540ZEvang. Felecia Spauldinghttp://stayblessed.ning.com/profile/MsFelecia
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong>Proverbs 4</strong></em></span><br></br><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong>Your Life Is at Stake…</strong></em></span><br></br></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Proverbs 4</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Your Life Is at Stake</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>1-2 Listen, friends, to some fatherly advice; sit up and take notice so you'll know how to live.</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>I'm giving you good counsel;</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>don't let it go in one ear and out the other.</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>3-9 When I was a boy at my father's knee,</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>the pride and joy of my mother,</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>He would sit me down and drill me:</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>"Take this to heart. Do what I tell you—live!</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Sell everything and buy Wisdom! Forage for Understanding!</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Don't forget one word! Don't deviate an inch!</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Never walk away from Wisdom—she guards your life;</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>love her—she keeps her eye on you.</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Above all and before all, do this: Get Wisdom!</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Write this at the top of your list: Get Understanding!</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Throw your arms around her—believe me, you won't regret it;</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>never let her go—she'll make your life glorious.</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>She'll garland your life with grace,</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>she'll festoon your days with beauty."</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>10-15 Dear friend, take my advice;</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>it will add years to your life.</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>I'm writing out clear directions to Wisdom Way,</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>I'm drawing a map to Righteous Road.</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>I don't want you ending up in blind alleys,</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>or wasting time making wrong turns.</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Hold tight to good advice; don't relax your grip.</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Guard it well—your life is at stake!</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Don't take Wicked Bypass;</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>don't so much as set foot on that road.</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Stay clear of it; give it a wide berth.</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Make a detour and be on your way.</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p> LOOK AT GOD!!!! PSALM 3: 1-8 "Real help comes from God"tag:stayblessed.ning.com,2011-12-03:2917072:Topic:974032011-12-03T14:35:50.407ZEvang. Felecia Spauldinghttp://stayblessed.ning.com/profile/MsFelecia
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span class="font-size-3"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234868?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234868?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="200"></img></a> Psalm 3<br></br> 1-20) God! Look! Enemies past counting! Enemies sprouting like mushrooms,<br></br> Mobs of them all around me, roaring their mockery:<br></br>"Hah! No help for him from God!"…</span></span></em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span class="font-size-3"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234868?profile=original"><img width="200" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234868?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="200"/></a>Psalm 3<br/> 1-20) God! Look! Enemies past counting! Enemies sprouting like mushrooms,<br/> Mobs of them all around me, roaring their mockery:<br/>"Hah! No help for him from God!"</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>3-4) But you, God, shield me on all sides;</em></strong></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>You ground my feet, you lift my head high;</em></strong></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>With all my might I shout up to God,</em></strong></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>His answers thunder from the holy mountain.</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>5-6) I stretch myself out. I sleep.</em></strong></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>Then I'm up again—rested, tall and steady,</em></strong></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>Fearless before the enemy mobs</em></strong></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>Coming at me from all sides.</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>7 )Up, God! My God, help me!</em></strong></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>Slap their faces,</em></strong></span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>First this cheek, then the other,</em></strong></span><br/><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>Your fist hard in their teeth!</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><strong><em>8) Real help comes from God.</em></strong></span></p> The Reality, Not the Illusiontag:stayblessed.ning.com,2011-11-20:2917072:Topic:968622011-11-20T14:19:04.524ZEvang. Felecia Spauldinghttp://stayblessed.ning.com/profile/MsFelecia
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong>1 John 5:14</strong></em></span></h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-4"><em><strong>1 John 5:14</strong></em></span></h3>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong><sup class="versenum" id="en-MSG-12935">13-15</sup>My purpose in writing is simply this: that you who believe in God's Son will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you have eternal life, the reality and not the illusion. And how bold and <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John5:%2014&version=MSG#" id="_GPLITA_0" title="Powered by Text-Enhance" name="_GPLITA_0">free</a> we then become in his presence, freely asking according to his will, sure that he's listening. And if we're confident that he's listening, we know that what we've asked for is as good as ours.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234759?profile=original"><img width="280" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234759?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="280"/></a></strong></em></span></p> IT WAS OUR OWN SIN!!!!!tag:stayblessed.ning.com,2011-11-13:2917072:Topic:962522011-11-13T13:17:19.627ZEvang. Felecia Spauldinghttp://stayblessed.ning.com/profile/MsFelecia
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong><em><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">IT WAS OUR OWN SIN!!!</span></em></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span class="font-size-3"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234735?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234735?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="340"></img></a> Isaiah 53:3</span></span></em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong><em><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">IT WAS OUR OWN SIN!!!</span></em></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span class="font-size-3"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234735?profile=original"><img width="340" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234735?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="340"/></a>Isaiah 53:3</span></span></em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>2-6}The servant grew up before God—a scrawny seedling,<br/>a scrubby plant in a parched field.<br/>There was nothing attractive about him,<br/>nothing to cause us to take a second look.<br/>He was looked down on and passed over,<br/>a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand.<br/>One look at him and people turned away.<br/>We looked down on him, thought he was scum.<br/>But the fact is, it was our pains he carried—<br/>our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us.<br/>We thought he brought it on himself,<br/>that God was punishing him for his own failures.<br/>But it was our sins that did that to him,<br/>that ripped and tore and crushed him—our sins!<br/>He took the punishment, and that made us whole.<br/>Through his bruises we get healed.<br/>We're all like sheep who've wandered off and gotten lost.<br/>We've all done our own thing, gone our own way.<br/>And God has piled all our sins, everything we've done wrong,<br/>on him, on him.<br/></em></strong></p> SPEAK GOD'S WORD IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODtag:stayblessed.ning.com,2011-11-10:2917072:Topic:958472011-11-10T14:14:50.624ZEvang. Felecia Spauldinghttp://stayblessed.ning.com/profile/MsFelecia
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong>Matthew 10:7</strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong>5-8Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge:…</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>Matthew 10:7</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>The Message (MSG)</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>5-8Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge:</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><em><strong>"Don't begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. And don't try to be dramatic by tackling some public enemy. Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here. Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. You have been treated generously, so live generously.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234963?profile=original"><img width="300" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2867234963?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300"/></a></strong></em></span></p>