Official motto of the USA as approved by Congress in 1956, but first appeared on one of our coins in 1864
. . . IN GOD WE TRUST. 

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Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

(John 10:7 -- KJV)

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Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

(Isaiah 5:20 -- ESV)

. . . to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.

(Acts 26:18 -- ESV)

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

(Jeremiah 29:11 -- ESV)

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?  Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

(Matthew 16:26 -- ESV)

"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."

(John 15:13 -- ESV)

So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸ All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ⁹ I am the door.  If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture."

(John 10:7-9 -- ESV)

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, ⁴⁶ who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it."
(Matthew 13:45-46 -- ESV)

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones.  For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. ¹² What do you think?  If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? ¹³ And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. ¹⁴ So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish."
(Matthew 18:11-14 -- ESV)

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
(James 1:3 -- KJV)

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, ³ for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
(James 1:2-3 -- ESV)

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me."

(John 14:6 -- ESV)

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 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” ⁸ (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) ⁹ The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) ¹⁰ Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” ¹¹ The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep.  Where do you get that living water? ¹² Are you greater than our father Jacob?  He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” ¹³ Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, ¹⁴ but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again.  The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” ¹⁵ The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.”
¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” ¹⁷ The woman answered him, “I have no husband.”  Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; ¹⁸ for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband.  What you have said is true.” ¹⁹ The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. ²⁰ Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” ²¹ Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. ²² You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. ²³ But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. ²⁴ God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” ²⁵ The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” ²⁶ Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”
²⁷ Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” ²⁸ So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, ²⁹ “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did.  Can this be the Christ?” ³⁰ They went out of the town and were coming to him.

(John 4:7-30 -- ESV)

"After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
¹⁰ Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread.
¹² And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
¹³ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.  Amen."

(Matthew 6:9-13 -- KJV)

It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart.

(Ecclesiastes 7:2 -- NIV)

Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

(Ecclesiastes 11:1 -- ESV) 

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; ²⁰ for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

(James 1:19-20 -- ESV)

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” ⁴ And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. ⁵ For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. ⁶ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars.  See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. ⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are but the beginning of the birth pains."

(Matthew 24:3-8 -- ESV) 

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

(Psalm 147:3 -- ESV)

 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

(Ecclesiastes 1:14 -- ESV)

"Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

(Matthew 24:44 -- ESV)

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
(1 Corinthians 16:13 -- ESV)

Be sober-minded; be watchful.  Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
(1 Peter 5:8 -- ESV)

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling for you and for me;
See, on the portals He’s waiting and watching,
Watching for you and for me. 

Refrain:
Come home, come home,
You who are weary, come home;
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!

Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
Pleading for you and for me?
Why should we linger and heed not His mercies,
Mercies for you and for me?

Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,
Passing from you and from me;
Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming,
Coming for you and for me.

Oh, for the wonderful love He has promised,
Promised for you and for me!
Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon,
Pardon for you and for me.

(Will L. Thompson)
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"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
(Matthew 11:28 -- ESV)

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) ¹² he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. ¹³ For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify^[f] for the purification of the flesh, ¹⁴ how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.  ¹⁵ Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. 

(Hebrews 9:11-15 -- ESV)

For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!):  "I am the Lord, and there is no other.  Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth!  For I am God, and there is no other.²³ By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return:  ’To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.’” 

(Isaiah 45:18, 22-23 – ESV)

 

 

"Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
    all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been borne by me from before your birth,
    carried from the womb;
⁴ even to your old age I am he,
    and to gray hairs I will carry you.
I have made, and I will bear;
    I will carry and will save."

(Isaiah 46:3-4 -- ESV)

“And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, ²⁶ people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ²⁷ And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

(Luke 21:25-28 -- ESV) 

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For videos, see . . .
(CAREtoons 1-100) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H_iOQw0Kuo&feature=youtu.be
(101-200) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgUBc9Xa4z0&feature=youtu.be
(201-300) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCp6BZC0fpo
(301-400) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnRTOY25MtI
(401-500) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NBhvpG40Ao
(501-600) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyoi7j_-eIk
(601-700) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHm77jyIjE4
(701-800) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95zixcEgG9g
(801-900) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXdA3R5SxTg
(901-1000) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dInLGZ7M5Vs
(1001-1100) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gALOiicJg0o
(1101-1200) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZSdU0YJ-eI
(Christmas) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEhQmybKBtg
(Easter) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTaiBocyHeo

+ Jesus is Here video . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gJYvnQnIhA