Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
(Psalm 119:105 -- ESV)

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There is nothing better for a person than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work.  I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,

(Ecclesiastes 2:24 -- CSB)

When this body that decays is changed into a body that cannot decay, and this mortal body is changed into a body that will live forever, then the teaching of Scripture will come true:

“Death is turned into victory!
⁵⁵     Death, where is your victory?
        Death, where is your sting?”

⁵⁶ Sin gives death its sting, and God’s standards give sin its power. ⁵⁷ Thank God that he gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

(1 Corinthians 15:54-57 -- GW)

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Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward.  You are serving the Lord Christ. 
(Colossians 3:23-24 -- ESV)

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"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these."

(Matthew 19:14 -- NIV)

One of the wives of a disciple of the prophets called to Elisha, “Sir, my husband is dead!  You know how he feared the Lord.  Now a creditor has come to take my two children as slaves.”
² Elisha asked her, “What should I do for you?  Tell me, what do you have in your house?”
She answered, “I have nothing in the house except a jar of olive oil.”
³ Elisha said, “Borrow many empty containers from all your neighbors. ⁴ Then close the door behind you and your children, and pour oil into all those containers.  When one is full, set it aside.”
⁵ So she left him and closed the door behind her and her children.  The children kept bringing containers to her, and she kept pouring. ⁶ When the containers were full, she told her son, “Bring me another container.”
He told her, “There are no more containers.” So the olive oil stopped flowing. ⁷ She went and told the man of God.
He said, “Sell the oil, and pay your debt. The rest is for you and your children.”
(2 Kings 4:1-7 -- GW)

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He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will  be exalted in the earth.”
(Psalm 46:10 -- NIV)

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See Genesis 1 for days 1-6.

Heaven and earth and everything in them were finished.  By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing.  On the seventh day he stopped the work he had been doing.  Then God blessed the seventh day and set it apart as holy, because on that day he stopped all his work of creation.
(Genesis 2:1-3 -- GW)

Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.
(Matthew 24:11 -- GW)

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Concerned about children being separated from their parents? 

For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
(Deuteronomy 4:24 -- CSB)

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful.  By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
(Hebrews 12:28-29 -- CSB)

We are God’s coworkers.  You are God’s field.  You are God’s building.
(1 Corinthians 3:9 -- GW)

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John saw Jesus coming toward him the next day and said, "Look!  This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."
(John 1:29 -- GW)

Remove the old yeast of sin so that you may be a new batch of dough, since you don’t actually have the yeast of sin.  Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
(1 Corinthians 5:7 -- GW)

"He’s not here.  He has been brought back to life as he said.  Come, see the place where he was lying." 
(Matthew 28:6 -- GW)

Be alert.  Be firm in the Christian faith.  Be courageous and strong.

(1 Corinthians 16:13 -- GW)

Don’t love money.  Be happy with what you have because God has said, “I will never abandon you or leave you.” 
(Hebrews 13:5 -- GW)

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Faith led Moses to establish the Passover and spread the blood on the doorposts so that the destroying angel would not kill the firstborn sons.

(Hebrews 11:28 -- GW)

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When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.  

(Proverbs 3:24 -- NIV)

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.  And do not think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.'  I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.  The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
(Matthew 3:8-10 -- NIV)

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A joyful heart is good medicine, but depression drains one’s strength.

(Proverbs 17:22 -- GW)

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Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

(Romans 12:21 -- NIV)

God blesses the earth.  So rain often falls on it, and it produces useful crops for farmers.
(Hebrews 6:7 -- GW)

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Tear your hearts, not your clothes.  Return to the Lord your God.  He is merciful and compassionate, patient, and always ready to forgive and to change his plans about disaster.

(Joel 2:13 -- GW)

How countless are your works, Lord!  In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
(Psalm 104:24 -- CSB)

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God's Word is our great heritage
And shall be ours forever;
To spread its light from age to age
Shall be our chief endeavor.
Through life it guides our way,
In death it is our stay.
Lord, grant, while worlds endure,
We keep its teachings pure.  Throughout all generations.
(By Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig, translated by Ole G. Belsheim)

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Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
(Matthew 4:4 -- NIV)

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
(Hosea 4:6a -- CSB)


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I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the

forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.  Amen.

(3rd Article of the Apostles' Creed)



"He is the stone that the builders rejected, the stone that has become the cornerstone."
(Acts 4:11 -- GW)

Children, don't grow weary,
children, don't grow weary,
children, don't grow weary,
for the time is drawing nigh.
Keep your lamps trimmed an burning,
keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
for the time is drawing nigh.

(From an African-American spiritual)

Better to be a poor person who lives innocently than to be one who talks dishonestly and is a fool.  A person without knowledge is no good.  A person in a hurry makes mistakes.  The stupidity of a person turns his life upside down, and his heart rages against the Lord.
(Proverbs 19:1-3 -- GW)

At Gilgal Joshua set up the 12 stones they had taken from the Jordan.  He said to the people of Israel, "In the future when children ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’ the children should be told that Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground."

(Joshua 4:20-22 -- GW)

Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
(Psalm 36:5 -- NIV)