Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing.

(1 Thessalonians 5:11 -- CSB)

And what I say to you I say to all:  Stay awake.

(Mark 13:37 -- ESV)

Don’t be lazy in showing your devotion.  Use your energy to serve the Lord.
(Romans 12:11 -- GW)

Always be joyful in the Lord!  I’ll say it again: Be joyful!

(Philippians 4:4 -- GW)

Let the kindness of the Lord our God be with us.  Make us successful in everything we do.  Yes, make us successful in everything we do.
(Psalm 90:17 -- GW)

Enoch walked with God; then he was gone because God took him.

(Genesis 5:24 -- GW)

The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
(Proverbs 27:12 -- NIV)

At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.  And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).

(Mark 15:33-34 -- NIV)

Sing to the Lord of harvest,
Sing songs of love and praise;
With joyful hearts and voices
Your alleluias raise.
By Him the rolling seasons
In fruitful order move;
Sing to the Lord of harvest
A joyous song of love.
(Hymn by John S.B. Monsell)

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O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
(Psalm 107:1 -- KJV)

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Everything you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
(Colossians 3:17 -- GW)

Now thank we all our God,
with heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things has done,
in Whom this world rejoices;
Who from our mothers’ arms
has blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
and still is ours today.

(By Martin Rinkart)

And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands?  Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

(Zechariah 13:6 -- KJV)

The Lord is a great God and a great king above all gods.  In his hand are the deep places of the earth, and the mountain peaks are his.  The sea is his.  He made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
(Psalm 95:3-5 -- GW)

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Corrie Ten Boom told of not being able to forget a wrong that had been done to her.  She had forgiven the person, but she kept rehashing the incident and so couldn’t sleep.  Finally Corrie cried out to God for help in putting the problem to rest.

“His help came in the form of a kindly Lutheran pastor,” Corrie wrote, “to whom I confessed my failure after two sleepless weeks.” “Up in the church tower,” he said, nodding out the window, “is a bell which is rung by pulling on a rope.  But you know what?  After the sexton lets go of the rope, the bell keeps on swinging.  First ding, then dong.  Slower and slower until there’s a final dong and it stops.  I believe the same thing is true of forgiveness.  When we forgive, we take our hand off the rope.  But if we’ve been tugging at our grievances for a long time, we mustn’t be surprised if the old angry thoughts keep coming for a while.  They’re just the ding-dongs of the old bell slowing down.”

 

 

Why are you discouraged, my soul?  Why are you so restless?   Put your hope in God, because I will still praise him.  He is my savior and my God.
(Psalm 43:5 -- GW)

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)

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone.  Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
(Colossians 3:13 -- NIV)

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
(Proverbs 3:5-6 -- ESV)

We should not stop gathering together with other believers, as some of you are doing.  Instead, we must continue to encourage each other even more as we see the day of the Lord coming.

(Hebrews 10:25 -- GW)

1 Holy Spirit, light divine,
Shine upon this heart of mine;
Chase the shades of night away,
Turn the darkness into day.

2 Let me see my Savior's face,
Let me all His beauties trace;
Show those glorious truths to me


Which are only known to Thee.

3 Holy Spirit, pow'r divine,
Cleanse this guilty heart of mine;
In Thy mercy pity me,
From sin's bondage set me free.

4 Holy Spirit, joy divine
Cheer this saddened heart of mine;
Yield a sacred, settled peace,
Let it grow and still increase.

5 Holy Spirit, all divine,
Dwell within this heart of mine;
Cast down ev'ry idol throne,
Reign supreme, and reign alone.

(By Andrew Reed)

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.



(First Amendment to the Constitution)

Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones.  Tell them, ‘Dry bones, listen to the Lord’s word.  This is what the Almighty Lord says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live.  I will put ligaments on you, place muscles on you, and cover you with skin.  I will put breath in you, and you will live.  Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
(Ezekiel 37:4-6 -- GW)

Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,

(Acts 3:19 -- CSB)

 

I am trusting you, Lord Jesus,

Trusting only you;

Trusting you for full salvation,

Free and true.

I am trusting your for pardon;
At your feet I bow,
For your grace and tender mercy
Trusting now.

I am trusting you for cleansing
In the crimson flood;
Trusting you to make me holy
By your blood.

I am trusting you to guide me;
You alone shall lead,
Every day and hour supplying
All my need.

I am trusting you for power;
You can never fail.
Words which you yourself shall give me
Must prevail.

I am trusting you, Lord Jesus;
Never let me fall.
I am trusting you forever
And for all.

(By Frances R. Havergal)

  

The Lord is my inheritance and my cup.  You are the one who determines my destiny.

(Psalm 16:5 -- GW)

Our fathers' God to Thee,

Author of liberty,

To Thee we sing.

Long may our land be bright,

With freedom's holy light,

Protect us by Thy might,

Great God our King.

(4th verse of My Country, 'Tis of Thee by Samuel Francis Smith)

Your tax dollars at work . . .
https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/commentary/new-report-shows-planned-parenthood-raked-15-billion-taxpayer-funds

https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cmte=C00314617

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.
(Ecclesiastes 10:2 -- NIV)

Maybe an indication of how to vote?

"The windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror."
"The best days are ahead for those who learn to keep God's promises in clear view."
(Jeff Wickwire)