#0002425

"Walk in newness of life(Romans6:4).- If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new(2Cor5:17).- This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind(Eph4:17).- And do not bring sorrow to God's Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, He has identified you as His own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption(Eph5:30). Get rid of all bitterness, rage, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior(v31). Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you(v32)."

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#0002426

"Then You put a leader over us. We went through fire and flood, but You brought us to a place of great abundance(Psa66:12).- He reached down from Heaven and rescued me; He drew me out of deep waters(Psalm18:16).- When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.- . . . because you are precious to Me. You are honored, and I love you(Isa43:2-. .4b). Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will gather you and your children from east and west(v5).- Bring all who claim me as their God, for I have made them for My glory. It was I Who created them'(Isa43:7)."

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#0002427

"God's way is perfect. All the Lord's promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to Him for protection(Psalm18:30). For who is God except the Lord? Who but our God is a solid rock(v31)? God arms me with strength, and He makes my way perfect(v32). He makes me as surefooted as a deer, enabling me to stand on mountain heights(v33). He trains my hands for battle; He strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow(v34). You have given me your shield of victory. Your right hand supports me; your help has made me great(v35). You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping(v36)."

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#0002428

Without a struggle, there can be no progress...- Frederic Douglas....Col1:11,12 "May you have great endurance and patience....joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light."

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#0002429

"Thy will be done(Mat26:42).- O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps(Jer10:23).- Not as I will but as Thou wilt(Mat26:39).- And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don't know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will. And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them(Rom8:26-28)."

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#0002430

"Whom the Lord loveth He correcteth(Prv3:12).- See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand(Deut32:39).- I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end(Jer29:11).- My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord(Isa55:8).- I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her(Hos2:14).- As a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee(Deut8:5).- For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God's discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in His holiness(Heb12:10). No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening--it's painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way(v11)."

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#0002431

"O Lord, the God of our ancestor Israel, may you be praised forever and ever(1Chr29:10b)! Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is Yours, O Lord, and this is Your kingdom. We adore You as the One who is over all things(v11). Wealth and honor come from You alone, for You rule over everything. Power and might are in Your hand, and at Your discretion people are made great and given strength(v12). O, our God, we thank You and praise Your glorious Name(v13)! 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(v14)! We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace(1Chr29:15).- Of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen( Rom11:36)."

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#0002432

"The Lord rules over the floodwaters. The Lord reigns as King forever. The Lord gives His people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace(Psa29:11).- The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof(Psa24:1).- She doesn't realize it was I who gave her everything she has--the grain, the new wine, the olive oil; I even gave her silver and gold. But she gave all My gifts to Baal(Hosea2:8). But now I will take back the ripened grain and new wine I generously provided each harvest season. I will take away the wool and linen clothing I gave her to cover her nakedness(v9).- Since everything God created is good, we should not reject any of it but receive it with thanks. For we know it is made acceptable by the Word of God and prayer(1Tim4:4,5).- My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus(Phi4:19)."

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#0002433

"The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My Name(John14:26).- If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask Me, and I would give you living water(Jn4;10).- So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him(Luke11:13)?- I tell you the truth, you will ask the Father directly, and He will grant your request because you use My Name. You haven't done this before. Ask, using My Name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy(Jn16:23b,24).- Ye have not, because ye ask not(James4:2b).- When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on His own but will tell you what He has heard. He will tell you about the future. He will bring Me glory by telling you whatever He receives from Me(Jn16:13,14). All that belongs to the Father is Mine; this is why I said, 'The Spirit will tell you whatever He receives from Me'(v15)."

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#0002434

Oh, the Spirit-filled life; is it thine, is it thine?/ Is your soul wholly filled with the Spirit Divine?/ As a child of the King, has He fallen on thee?/ Does He reign in your soul, so that all men may see,/ The dear Savior's blest image reflected in thee?/ Has He swept through your soul like the waves of the sea?/ Does the Spirit of God daily rest upon thee?/ Does He sweeten your life, does He keep you from care?/ Does He guide you and bless you in answer to prayer?/ Is your joy to be led of the Lord everywhere?/...- Cowman-Reimann, Streams.....Acts19:2 "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?"

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#0002435

Is He near you each hour, does He stand at your side?/ Does He clothe you with strength, has He come to abide?/ Does He teach you to know that all things may be done/ Through the grace and the power of the Crucified One?/ Does He witness to you of the glorified Son?// Has He purified you with the fire from above?/ Is He first in your thoughts, does He have all your love?/ Is His service your choice, and your sacrifice sweet?/ Is your doing His will both your drink and your meat?/ Do you run at His calling with glad eager feet?/...- Cowman-Reimann, Streams.............John21:17 "Lord, Thou knowest all things: Thou knowest that I love Thee."

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#0002436

Has He freed you from self and from all of your greed?/ Do you hasten to comfort your brother in need?/ As a soldier of Christ does your power endure?/ Is your hope in the Lord everlasting and sure?/ Are you patient and meek, are you tender and pure?// Oh, the Spirit-filled life may be thine, may be thine,/ Ever in your soul Shechinah glory may shine;/ It is yours to live with the tempests all stilled,/ It is yours with God's blest Holy Spirit to be filled;/ It is yours, even yours, for your Lord has so willed./...- Cowman-Reimann, Streams.......Psalm24:9,10 "Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter. Who is the King of glory? The Lord of Heaven's Armies--He is the King of glory."

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#0002437

Do not become responsible for all or for everyone. Otherwise you become a slave and the slave of all. Some are born more fortunate than others; they are born to do good as others are to receive it. Freedom is more precious than any gifts for which you may be tempted to give it up. Lay less stress on making many dependent on you than on keeping yourself independent of any. The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good. Above all do not regard a responsibility as a favor, for generally it is another's plan to make you dependent on him...- Baltasar Gracian, Maxim286, The Art of Worldly Wisdom, translated by Joseph Jacobs...........Proverbs4:18 "The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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#0002438

"Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved(Rom10:13).- Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out(Jn6:37). I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life(1Jn5:13). And we are confident that He hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases Him(v14). And since we know He hears us when we make our requests, we also know that He will give us what we ask for(v15). You fathers--if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not(Luk11:12)! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him(v13)?"

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#0002439

The Bible also stresses the fact that life now is your opportunity to prepare for eternity. Paul puts it, "I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation(2Cor6:2)." God is a God of second, third, and fourth chances, but we should not test His patience and grace. The Bible is the revelation of God. The focus of concern should be our lives now, because what we do now settles our eternal destiny...- Sala, Refuge And Strength.........Hebrews4:7 "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts."

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#0002440

Comfort is not given to us when we are lighthearted and cheerful. We must travel the depths of emotion in order to experience comfort--one of God's most precious gifts. And then we must be prepared to become coworkers with Him. When the shadows of night--needed night--gather over the garden of our souls, when leaves close up and flowers no longer reflect any sunlight within their folded petals, and when we experience even the thickest darkness, we must remember that we will never be found wanting and that the comforting drops of heavenly dew fall only after the sun has set...- LB Cowman, Streams.........Psalm84:5,6 "Blessed are those whose strength is in You. . . . As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs."

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#0002441

A story is told about Vladimir Putin, former head of the Russian KGB, as well as President of Russia. Putin is online before a group of reporters and reads aloud the ff: "A question has come anonymously, 'Hey, Vova, are you scared by the anonymous users on the Internet'?" Putin looks at the journalists, then writes and reads his response: "To the author of the anonymous question, the user with the IP address 193.200.15.129 using the Internet service provider Vladivostok.net, living on Lenin Prospekt3, flr2, Apt8, Ivan Ivanovich Ivanon; I respond: 'No, I am not scared by the anonymous users on the Internet, and, incidentally, you may expect a knock on your locked door within 20minutes. Spaseba[thank you]! Anonymity is a myth that doesn't fit reality in a modern, wired and electronic world. And there never has been such a thing as anonymity with God, either. The realization that God knows everything--will cause your heart to rejoice or be filled with fear. It all depends on your relationship with Him...- Sala, Refuge...Heb4:13 "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account."

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#0002442

When God is at the center of your life, you Worship. When He is not, you Worry... -Rick Warren, Saddleback...Proverbs 9:9-10 "Teach the wise, and they will be wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn more. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in understanding."

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#0002443

If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes me...- John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress.....Galatians5:22 "But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control. There is no law against these things!" – duplicate of July 11, 2013

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#0002444

Invest For The Long Term. Buffett so deplores short-term trading that he has suggested a 100 percent tax on profits made on stock held for less than one year. . . 'Charlie and I expect to hold our stock for a very long time. In fact, you may see us up here when we're so old that neither of us knows who the other guy is. Most of our large stock positions are going to be held for many years; and the scorecard on our investment decisions will be provided by business results over that period, and not by prices on any given day. Just as it would be foolish to focus unduly on short-term prospects when acquiring an entire company, we think it equally unsound to become mesmerized by the prospective near-term earnings when purchasing small pieces of a company, i.e., marketable common stocks'...- Warren Buffett Speaks, by Janet Lowe.....2Tim1:7 "God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

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#0002445

"Where is the way where light dwelleth(Job38:19)?- God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all(1Jn1:5).- If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin(1Jn1:6,7).- Always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to His people, who live in the light. For He has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of His dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins(Col1:12-14).- Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness(1Thess5:5)."

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#0002446

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see...- Mark Twain..... Zec4:6 "Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts."

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#0002447

To sum up, ‘Stocks are simple. All you do is buy shares in a great business for less than the business is intrinsically worth, with managers of the highest integrity and ability. Then you own those shares forever.’…Warren Buffet Speaks, by Janet Lowe….1Cor.1:27 “God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.”

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#0002448

When we are in fear we can do nothing less than pray to God, but our Lord has a right to expect that those who name His Name should have an understanding confidence in Him. God expects His children to be so confident in Him that in any crisis they are the reliable ones. Our trust is in God up to a certain point, then we go back to the elementary panic prayers of those who do not know God. We get to our wit's end, showing that we have not the slightest confidence in Him and His government of the world; He seems to be asleep, and we see nothing but breakers ahead. There are stages in life when there is no storm, no crisis, when we do our human best; it is when a crisis arises that we instantly reveal upon whom we rely. If we have been learning to worship God and to trust Him, the crisis will reveal that we will go to the breaking point and not break in our confidence in Him...- Chambers, My Utmost........Mat8:26 "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?"

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#0002449

Who can estimate the great debt we owe to suffering and pain? If not for them, we would have little capacity for many of the great virtues of the Christian life. Where would our faith be if not for the trials that test it; or patience, without anything to endure or experience and without tribulations to develop it?. . . Loved! then the way will not be drear;/ For One we know is ever near,/ Proving it to our hearts so clear/ That we are loved.// Loved when our sky is clouded over,/ And days of sorrow press us sore;/ Still we will trust Him evermore,/ For we are loved.// Time, that affects all things below,/ Can never change the love He'll show;/ The heart of Christ with love will flow,/ And we are loved...- Cowman-Reimann.....Lam3:31,32 "For no one is abandoned by the Lord forever. Though He brings grief, He also shows compassion because of the greatness of His unfailing love."