tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70255937053329178222024-03-05T05:16:51.970-06:00Blacksmith Prayer WorkshopLearnig about prayer , inspiring and encouraging Christ followers to deepen their prayer life with the Lord as they draw others into His kingdom. "This, then is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’" Matthew 6:9-12Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-25295191340810873742013-05-26T08:28:00.000-05:002013-05-26T08:28:27.595-05:00It’s time to enlarge your vision!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">"Sometimes kings think differently than you and I think. And friend, we serve the King of kings. We serve the Most High God, and His dream for your life is so much bigger and better than you can even imagine. It’s time to enlarge your vision!"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Joel Osteen, in his book </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px;">Your Best Life Now</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> (New York: Warner Faith, 2004), p. 11-12, tells the following story:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br />
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Years ago, a famous golfer was invited by the king of Saudi Arabia to play in a golf tournament. He accepted the invitation, and the king flew his private jet over to the United States to pick up the pro. They played golf for several days, and enjoyed a good time. As the golfer was getting on the plane to return to the United States, the king stopped him and said, “I want to give you a gift for coming all this way and making this time so special. Anything you want. What could I get you?"<br /><br />Ever the gentleman, the golfer replied, “Oh, please; don't get me anything. You’ve been a gracious host. I’ve had a wonderful time. I couldn’t ask for anything more.”<br /><br />The king was adamant. He said, “No, I insist on giving you something so you will always remember your journey to our country.”<br /><br />When the golfer realized that the king was resolute, he said, “Okay, fine. I collect golf clubs. Why don't you give me a golf club?”<br /><br />He boarded the plane, and on his flight back home, he couldn't help wondering what kind of golf club the king might give him. He imagined that it might be a solid gold putter with his name engraved on it. Or maybe it would be a sand wedge studded with diamonds and jewels. After all, this would be a gift from the oil-rich king of Saudi Arabia.<br /><br />When the golfer got home, he watched the mail and the delivery services every day, to see if his golf club had come yet. Finally, several weeks later, he received a certified letter from the king of Saudi Arabia. The U.S. professional thought that rather strange. Where’s my golf club? he wondered. He opened the envelope, and to his surprise, inside he discovered a deed to a five-hundred-acre golf course in America.<br /><br />Sometimes kings think differently than you and I think. And friend, we serve the King of kings. We serve the Most High God, and His dream for your life is so much bigger and better than you can even imagine. It’s time to enlarge your vision!</blockquote>
Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-24919742102761169622012-01-11T23:52:00.000-06:002012-01-12T12:25:38.727-06:00Book of Psalms Prayer quotes<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+4:1&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 4:1</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by stringed
instruments. Answer me when I call to you, O God who declares me innocent. Free
me from my troubles. Have mercy on me and hear my <b>prayer</b>.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+6:9&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 6:9</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD will answer my<b>prayer</b>.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+17:1&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 17:1</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
A <b>prayer</b> of David. O LORD, hear my plea for justice. Listen to
my cry for help. Pay attention to my<b>prayer</b>, for it comes from honest
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+28:2&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 28:2</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Listen to my <b>prayer</b> for mercy as I cry out to you for help, as
I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+39:12&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 39:12</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Hear my <b>prayer</b>, O LORD! Listen to my cries for help! Don’t ignore
my tears. For I am your guest— a traveler passing through, as my ancestors were
before me.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+44:20&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 44:20</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread our hands in <b>prayer</b> to
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+54:2&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 54:2</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Listen to my <b>prayer</b>, O God. Pay attention to my plea.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+55:1&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 55:1</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by stringed
instruments. Listen to my<b>prayer</b>, O God. Do not ignore my cry for help!<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+61:1&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 61:1</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by stringed
instruments. O God, listen to my cry! Hear my <b>prayer</b>!<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+63:4&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 63:4</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in <b>prayer</b>.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+66:19&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 66:19</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
But God did listen! He paid attention to my <b>prayer</b>.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+66:20&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 66:20</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Praise God, who did not ignore my <b>prayer</b> or withdraw his
unfailing love from me.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+69:13&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 69:13</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
But I keep praying to you, LORD, hoping this time you will show me favor. In
your unfailing love, O God, answer my<b>prayer</b> with your sure
salvation.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+84:8&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 84:8</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my <b>prayer</b>. Listen, O God of
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+86:1&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 86:1</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
A <b>prayer</b> of David. Bend down, O LORD, and hear my <b>prayer</b>;
answer me, for I need your help.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+86:6&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 86:6</span></a></b><br />
Listen closely to my <b>prayer</b>, O LORD; hear my urgent cry.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+88:2&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 88:2</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Now hear my <b>prayer</b>; listen to my cry.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+90:1&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 90:1</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
A <b>prayer</b> of Moses, the man of God. Lord, through all the
generations you have been our home!<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+102:1&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 102:1</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
A <b>prayer</b> of one overwhelmed with trouble, pouring out problems
before the LORD. LORD, hear my<b>prayer</b>! Listen to my plea!<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+116:1&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 116:1</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
I love the LORD because he hears my voice and my <b>prayer</b> for
mercy.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+118:21&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 118:21</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
I thank you for answering my <b>prayer</b> and giving me victory!<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+119:170&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 119:170</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Listen to my <b>prayer</b>; rescue me as you promised.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+120:1&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 120:1</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
A song for pilgrims ascending to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:place></st1:city>.
I took my troubles to the LORD; I cried out to him, and he answered my <b>prayer</b>.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+130:2&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 130:2</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Hear my cry, O Lord. Pay attention to my <b>prayer</b>.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+134:2&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 134:2</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Lift up holy hands in <b>prayer</b>, and praise the LORD.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+141:2&version=ASV"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 141:2</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Let my <b>prayer</b> be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting
up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+141:5&version=ASV"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 141:5</span></a></b><br />
Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; And let him reprove me, it
shall be as oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their
wickedness shall my<b>prayer</b> continue.<br />
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</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+142:1&version=ASV"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 142:1</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;">I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.<br />
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Hear my <b>prayer</b>, O Jehovah; give ear to my supplications: In thy
faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></div>Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-67036848311990081722012-01-11T23:21:00.002-06:002012-01-12T04:07:09.755-06:00Psalm 85: God's Restoration<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">My oldest daughter, Flopi, loves Art. She will soon be leaving
for college to continue her studies in Art. She always is looking for great
masterpieces. This week, she was looking on the internet about “La Pietà” </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">(pity</span></span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">). </span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">It is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture
made by Michelangelo. She mentioned to me how the statue of the “The Madonna”
was attacked in 1972.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">She was really surprised
that I </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">remembered it so well. When that event happened, it was in
May 1972. It was one of my best friend’s “quincieñera- birthday party” on a
Pentecost Sunday. A mentally disturbed geologist named <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Laszlo Toth</span> strode
into the St. Peter’s Cathedral in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Rome</st1:place></st1:city> and
attacked the statue with his hammer shouting, "I am Jesus Christ."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">This was a very sad episode because many visitors took part
of the marble that flew off. Many returned the parts, but many others didn’t- </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">including Mary’s nose. It had to be recreated from a
chunk of marble cut out of her back. I was in high school and remembered the
newspaper, TV and all the news talking about the episode.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">I even had a project in art about
the subject. </span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Immediately, I also remembered a sermon that I heard many
years ago. The Pastor said something that called my attention, the museum in
that opportunity did not place the statue in storage. By the contrary, they
called the best expert of the world to fix and restore the masterpiece.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">In this same way, God restores us from our failures or
even out of our sins and brings good to us by his Mercy and Grace. </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Restore is</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">to bring back to a former, original, or normal condition.
God is the only one who can restore us.</span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Psalm 85 is a Psalm of Restoration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Since there is an allusion to captivity, many Bible scholars suppose this psalm was
written at the time of Zerubbabel (Ezra.3:4) or more probably during the time of
Ezra and Nehemiah (Neh. 2-4). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"> The subject of this psalm is “Restoration”,
not only historically but prophetically because it speaks about God’s
restoration to us. Today! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> <b><sup>1</sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>LORD,
you were<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>favorable to your land;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
you<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>restored
the fortunes of Jacob.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<b><sup>2</sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>You<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>forgave the iniquity of your people;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
you<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>covered all
their sin.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<i>Selah*</i><br />
<b><sup>3</sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>You withdrew
all your wrath;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
you<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>turned from
your hot anger.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> <b><sup>4</sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Restore
us again, O God of our salvation,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
and put away your indignation toward us!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<b><sup>5</sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Will you be
angry with us forever?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
Will you prolong your anger to all generations?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<b><sup>6</sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Will you not<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>revive us again,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
that your people may<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>rejoice
in you?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<b><sup>7</sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Show us your
steadfast love, O LORD,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
and grant us your salvation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> <b><sup>8</sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Let
me hear what God the LORD will speak,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
for he will<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>speak
peace to his people, to his<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>saints;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
but let them not<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>turn
back to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>folly.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<b><sup>9</sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Surely his<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>salvation is near to those who fear
him,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
that<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>glory may
dwell in our land.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> <b><sup>10</sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Steadfast
love and faithfulness meet;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
righteousness and peace kiss each other.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<b><sup>11</sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Faithfulness
springs up from the ground,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
and righteousness looks down from the sky.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<b><sup>12</sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Yes,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the LORD will give what is good,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
and our land<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>will
yield its increase.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<b><sup>13</sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Righteousness
will go before him<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
and make his footsteps a way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">We can divide the
Psalm in three deferent parts:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #993366; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Verses 1 to 3 look to the
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Restoration</span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"> involves
God’s favor (v. 1).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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God’s pardon (v. 2).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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God’s patience (v.3).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">Our God of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">salvation</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;"> is able of our </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">reinstatement </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">(v. 4).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">Our God</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;"> righteous</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;"> is capable of our </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">restoration</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;"> (v. 5).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">Our God of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">joy</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;"> is competent of our </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;">re-establishment</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13.5pt;"> (v. 6).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Restoration</span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"> comes with peace
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Restoration</span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"> comes with
deliverance for the God fearing (v. 9a).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Restoration</span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"> comes with the glory
of God’s presence on the earth (v. 9b).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Restoration</span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"> comes with the
reign of the Messiah King (vv. 10,11).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Restoration</span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"> comes with </span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"> wealth </span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">(v. 12).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Restoration</span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"> comes with clear
direction and way (v. 13).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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same commentaries about verse 12:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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LORD shall give that which is good</span></i></b><i><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></i><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Being
himself pure goodness, he will readily return from his wrath, and deal out good
things to his repenting people. Our evil brings evil upon us, but when we are
brought back to follow that which is good, the Lord abundantly enriches us with
good things. Material good will always be bestowed where it can be enjoyed in
consistency with spiritual good. And our land shall yield her increase. The
curse of barrenness will fly with the curse of sin. When the people yielded
what was due to God, the soil would recompense their husbandry...The whole
world also shall be bright with the same blessing in the days yet to come, </span><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">--The Treasury of David</span></b><span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">and,
under this, the deserted land shall be productive, and men be "set,"
or guided in God's holy ways. Doubtless, in this description of God's returning
favor, the writer had in view that more glorious period, when Christ shall
establish His government on God's reconciled justice and abounding mercy</span><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">.-- Commentary Critical and Explanatory
on the Whole Bible<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good</span></i></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Meaning not merely temporal good, as rain in particular, as some think, because
of the following clause; but that which is spiritually good, his good Spirit
and his grace, grace and glory: nor will he withhold any good thing from his
people; every good and perfect gift comes from him:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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our land shall yield her increase</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">;</span></i></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
such who are like to the earth, which receives blessing of God, and oft drinks
in the rain that comes upon it, and brings forth herbs to the dresser of it,
( <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/hebrews/6-2.html"><span style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Hebrews 6:2</span></a> )
, these increase with the increase of God, bring forth fruits of righteousness,
and grow in grace and in the knowledge of Christ; though the whole may be
interpreted of the incarnation of Christ, which agrees with what goes before
and follows after; see ( <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/psalms/67-6.html"><span style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Psalms 67:6</span></a> <a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/psalms/67-7.html"><span style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Psalms 67:7</span></a> </span><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">)--</span></b><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">John
Gill's Exposition of the Bible<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">The Lord shall give - good - </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">הטוב</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"> hattob, The Good thing - what is the supreme good, the
summum bonum, for which man has searched in vain through all his generations.
Those who are reconciled to him through the Son of his love shall enjoy the
favor of their God; to have which is the supreme happiness of man.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Our land shall yield her increase - There shall be neither
dearth nor barrenness; for truth, which springs out of the earth, shall yield
an abundant harvest, in the conversion of all nations to the faith of our Lord
Jesus Christ</span><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">- -</span></b><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Adam Clarke</span></b><span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a
willing spirit. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"><i><b>Psalm 51:12</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: blue; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">For I will restore
health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord, because they
have called you an outcast: ‘It is <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Zion</st1:city></st1:place>,
for whom no one cares!</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: blue; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"><b><i>Jeremiah 30:17</i></b></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: blue; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">Therefore, if anyone
is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new
has come.</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: blue; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"><i><b>2 Corinthians 5:17</b></i></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt;">Joel 2:25
(MSG)<o:p></o:p></span></i></h3>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> </span><b><sup><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">25-27</span></sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">"I'll make up for the
years of the locust,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
the great locust devastation—<br />
Locusts savage, locusts deadly,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
fierce locusts, locusts of doom,<br />
That great locust invasion<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
I sent your way.<br />
You'll eat your fill of good food.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
You'll be full of praises to your God,<br />
The God who has set you back on your heels in wonder.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
Never again will my people be despised.<br />
You'll know without question<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
that I'm in the thick of life with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>,<br />
That I'm your God, yes, your God,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
the one and only real God.<br />
Never again will my people be despised.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"><b> This is His promise for you
and for me. Remember He never give up on us.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">I will quote a friend Elder Marvin, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">“In 2012, this will
be the year of REHOBOTH (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">meaning a place of
enlargement and flourishing). </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">You shall enjoy</span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="color: #333333;">(R)</span><span style="color: blue;">RECOVERY</span><span style="color: #333333;"> (You shall Recover ALL that you have
lost without Fail)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">(E)</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="color: blue;">ENLARGEMENT</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"> (God will Enlarge your coast and
expand your territory)</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">(H</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="color: blue;">)HIGHER GROUND</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"> (God will take you to a Higher
Ground)</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">(O)</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="color: blue;">OVERCOMING VICTORIES</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"> (God will fight for you
and you shall Overcome)</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">(B)</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="color: blue;">BLESSING (</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">You shall be blessed, be a blessing
and be favored by all)</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">(O)</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="color: blue;">OPEN DOOR </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">(He will cause your door of
breakthrough to be opened)</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">(T)</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="color: blue;">TURN-AROUND </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">(He will Turn your situation
around & change your story)</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">(H)</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="color: blue;">HARVEST</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"> (Great Harvest shall be yours in the
year 2012)”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">* “</span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Selah</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">(</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Hebrew</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">סֶלָה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, also transliterated as<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>selāh</i>) is a word used
frequently in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew" title="Hebrew"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Hebrew</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" title="Bible"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Bible</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">, often
in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalms" title="Psalms"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Psalms</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">, and
is a difficult concept to translate. (It should not be confused with the Hebrew
word<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>sela‘</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Hebrew</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">סֶלַע</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) which means "rock.") It is
probably either a liturgico-musical mark or an instruction on the reading of
the text, something like "stop and listen". "Selah" can
also be used to indicate that there is to be a musical interlude at that point
in the Psalm.</span><sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selah#cite_note-0"><span style="color: #0b0080;">[1]</span></a></span></sup><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The Amplified Bible states
Selah as "pause, and think of that".—Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selah" target="_blank">Read more</a>Read more</span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My Little One, Victoria, is
twelve years old and has Down syndrome. She is very functional and active, the
most beautiful girl in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One time, I received an email
from the Down Syndrome Parents Association about how God was very angry with
human kind, because all of them wanted to be the most beautiful, the most
intelligent, and was fighting between one another because of it and no one who
had The Lord in his heart. Jesus who was sitting at His side, asked him, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“What are you going to do
about it? By your Word, you can destroy them; it is your promise,”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“No,” said God the Father, “I
will create another human kind. All of them will have the same face, they will
not be the most intelligent at all- but they will have my heart and they will
show my love.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“How will you call them?”
Jesus asked. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“I will call them Down
syndrome.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“But to whom are you going to
give them as sons and daughters?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“I will give them to very
special parents,” said God the Father, “The ones who love me more.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Why them?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“They know how to smile at
problems and still love me.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;">Victoria</span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"> was
only 31 week along the pregnancy. The day that she was born, a nurse entered my
room with a boom box and began to play a song. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I thought, “This lady is
confused.” But when she pushed play, I began
to cry. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">She shared with me that she
had a daughter with Down syndrome, the miracle blessing that she was, and how
her daughter pushed her and her older brother to go to church even when she was
tired after working the whole night before service. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">She told me that she had no
other choice than to dress herself and take her to the Church because her
daughter was all ready. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I never will be thankful
enough for that visit in the Hospital. Here is the song by Bruce Carroll " </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Sometimes
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Many times I see <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Victoria</st1:state></st1:place> and I see the
heart of God. Down syndrome children are very functional, they can walk, speak,
be potty trained, swing, run horses and all that the most typical children can
do, but it will takes more time to achieve their goals. They are the most loving people, they have God's love. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Perseverance is not a
long race. It is many short races one after another." - W. Elliot<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When Victoria was born, I was
concerned about if she will be able to know the lord as a Savior and Lord like the
daughter of my nurse friend. Many times I prayed the same prayer request. That
the Lord will open <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Victoria</st1:place></st1:state>’s
heart. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> One Sunday at the end of the service, Pastor
was calling to pray. That particular service he was calling to pray for
salvation. As a member of the prayer ministry, as was at the altar and many people came to the altar to
receive the Gift of Eternal life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One of the teens that were
there for prayer approached me and to my surprise she had Down syndrome. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">She asked me if I can pray
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, I ask her if she want to
receive Jesus in her heart. She answered:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Me? No, I received Him when I was little. This is
for my father that I came today, he is not saved and I want to ask Jesus to
touch his heart. So everybody in my family is going to heaven, my sisters, my
brother my mom are saved. The only one that is not saved yet is him.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We prayed for his father, and
then I cried and thanked Jesus. I thank
the Lord for the revelation and for letting me be a witness of how much is in
the heart of special person.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I know it today because <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Victoria</st1:place></st1:state> asks me everyday, “Are we going to
Church?” She loves to pray and praise the Lord. She loves the Children Ministry and her pastor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our special children do not
have the typical body. They do not have the typical mind. But their spirit is
perfect in the presence of the Lord, and they Know Him by Name, and the HE
smiles to them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Lord blessed us with five children, four
are ‘normal’. I really don’t like the term ‘normal’. Let’s put it like this,
they don’t have physical or mental impediments but all of them have special
needs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><o:p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In </span><st1:state style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Victoria</st1:place></st1:state><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> you can see it, but everyone have a
special need, you and I are no exceptions.</span></div>
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remember them, confess them, keep them in your heart. Put them in you desktop, in your mirror, in your refrigerator. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When we pray, w</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">e don't need to remember to God His Word. His Word becoming alive, it no longer Logos, now it Rhema for us.</span></span></div>
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care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for
all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you
watchfully.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #555555;"> </span></span><b style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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6:33</span><span style="color: #555555;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Seek
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Kingdom</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">God</st1:placename></st1:place>, above all else, and live
righteously, and he will give you everything you need. </span><span style="color: #555555;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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you and heal you of your wounds,” says the Lord.</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. </span><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its
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grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything; you
may have abundance for every good deed;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In the same way that I take
care of my special child because she is in need, our Heavenly Father knows and
takes care of your needs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Talk with Him, let Him know
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special need must be handled with prayer?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Do you need prayer? Please let me know how we can pray for you.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"><a href="mailto:365prayingforyou@gmail.com" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">365prayingforyou@gmail.com</a> or </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">"Maria Pereyra" <</span><a href="mailto:365prayer@famemphis.net" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">365prayer@famemphis.net</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">></span></span><br />
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<br />Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-54293500331997293502012-01-04T05:35:00.001-06:002012-01-04T06:32:17.828-06:00How to pray: Power of prayer<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><sup class="versenum" id="en-ESV-18648" style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">11</sup> <sup class="xref" style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;" value="(<a href="#cen-ESV-18648A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)"></sup>And I will make all my mountains a road, </span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and my highways shall be raised up</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So what is the purpose of prayer? For <span class="apple-style-span">E. M. Bounds, prayer is “</span>to put God in full force
in the world.” When Adam and Eve sinned,
they lost their authority and it was given to Satan, who then became “the god
of this world” (2 Cor.4:4 NLT). But the
Second Adam, Jesus Christ, came as a man and restored man’s authority, giving
it to all who believe in Him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">God tied his hands, “let them rule” He gave
to man all authority and He will never break his own word. He makes us his
ambassadors in the earth realm because He is the King in Heavenly realm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When you “Ask” Him to take control, you
have been asking Him to take back that authority.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You are asking to come here to earth and
reign His kingdom down. To make His will over your petition, over your life.
You are giving Him the ability to resolve you earthly problems. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you don’t ask nothing is going to
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Brother and sister, I encourage you to
begin today to apply these principles in your life. Ask God to take control over every situation
in your life and then be faithful to do his will. That is the first step to understanding the
power of prayer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><sup>“</sup></b>You desire but do not
have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel
and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>When you ask, you do not receive,
because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The great harvest of the Lord will never be accomplished by a few hired
hands, nor even by a team of highly gifted evangelists, apostles, prophets,
teachers, and pastors. The work is too great, the scope too grand to be
accomplished by an elite few-- only
a praying church can harvest an entire lost world in one generation! God
is calling every member of His household back to the foundation of prayer that
launches every great move of God in the earth. It is time for us to hit our knees and pray the heart of God into
being in the earth! It's time for us to recapture our marbles and
have the mind of Christ concerning the "House
of Prayer for All Nation" The Lost Art of Intercession" Jim
Goll) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So this is my prayer for
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #411108;">Ephesians 1:18-23 (NIV)</span></b><span style="color: #411108;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><sup>“</sup></b>I
pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know
they hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in
His holy people, and His incomparably great power for us who believe. That
power is the same as the mighty strength He exerted when He raised Christ
from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, far
above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is
invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God
placed all things under His feet and appointed Him to be head over everything
for the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills
everything in every way.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I challenge you to know His Heart, His
mind, His thoughts. So you can ask according with His will and according with
your faith and give Him back all authority to whatever your prayer request
is. </span><br />
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<br /></div>Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-62188237174602516272012-01-03T14:50:00.002-06:002012-01-03T14:50:53.140-06:00Bible Prayer Inspirational quotes (Part IV)<br />
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So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and
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When these things had been done, the Jewish leaders came to me and said,
“Many of the people of Israel, and even some of the priests and Levites,
have not kept themselves separate from the other peoples living in the
land. They have taken up the detestable practices of the Canaanites,
Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and
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listen to my <b>prayer</b>! Look down and see me praying night and
day for your people <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
I confess that we have sinned against you. Yes, even my own family and I
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O Lord, please hear my <b>prayer</b>! Listen to the <b>prayer</b>s
of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today
by making the king favorable to me. Put it into his heart to be kind to
me.”In those days I was the king’s cup-bearer.<br />
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The king asked, “Well, how can I help you?”With a <b>prayer</b>to the
God of heaven,<br />
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Also Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, a descendant of Asaph, who led
in thanksgiving and <b>prayer</b>. Also Bakbukiah, who was
Mattaniah’s assistant, and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of
Jeduthun.<br />
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“If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to him in <b>prayer</b>!<br />
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Yet I have done no wrong, and my <b>prayer</b> is pure.<br />
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So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a
burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I
will accept his <b>prayer</b> on your behalf. I will not treat
you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my
servant Job has.</span></li>
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as the Lord commanded them, and the Lord accepted Job’s </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800;">prayer.</span></span></span></li>
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They cried out to God during the battle, and he answered their <b>prayer</b> because
they trusted in him. So the Hagrites and all their allies were defeated.<br />
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Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and prayed,“Who am I, O
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When David saw that the Lord had answered his <b>prayer</b>, he
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Then David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly:“O Lord,
the God of our ancestor <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
may you be praised forever and ever!<br />
<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Chronicles+29:9-11&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1
Chronicles 29:9-11</span></a> (in Context) <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Chronicles+29&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1
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Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire
community of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
and he lifted his hands in <b>prayer</b>.<br />
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Nevertheless, listen to my <b>prayer</b> and my plea, O Lord my
God. Hear the cry and the <b>prayer</b> that your servant is
making to you.<br />
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May you watch over this <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Temple</st1:place></st1:city>
day and night, this place where you have said you would put your name. May
you always hear the <b>prayer</b>s I make toward this place.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Chronicles+6:35&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2
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then hear their <b>prayer</b>s from heaven and uphold their cause.<br />
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then hear their <b>prayer</b>s and their petitions from heaven where
you live, and uphold their cause. Forgive your people who have sinned
against you.<br />
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“O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to all the <b>prayer</b>s
made to you in this place.<br />
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Then one night the Lord appeared to Solomon and said,“I have heard your <b>prayer</b> and
have chosen this <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Temple</st1:place></st1:city>
as the place for making sacrifices.<br />
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My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every<b>prayer</b> made
in this place.<br />
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Chronicles 30:20</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
And the Lord listened to Hezekiah’s <b>prayer</b> and healed the
people.<br />
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Then the priests and Levites stood and blessed the people, and God heard
their <b>prayer</b> from his holy dwelling in heaven.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in <b>prayer</b> to
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The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, his <b>prayer</b> to
God, and the words the seers spoke to him in the name of the Lord, the God
of Israel, are recorded in The Book of the Kings of Israel.<br />
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Manasseh’s <b>prayer</b>, the account of the way God answered him,
and an account of all his sins and unfaithfulness are recorded in The
Record of the Seers. It includes a list of the locations where he built
pagan shrines and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself
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From 1 Kings to 2 King
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Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire
community of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
He lifted his hands toward heaven,<br />
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8:28</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
Nevertheless, listen to my <b>prayer</b> and my plea, O Lord my
God. Hear the cry and the <b>prayer</b> that your servant is
making to you today.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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8:29</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
May you watch over this <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Temple</st1:place></st1:city>
night and day, this place where you have said, ‘My name will be there.’
May you always hear the <b>prayer</b>s I make toward this place.<br />
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8:45</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
then hear their <b>prayer</b>s from heaven and uphold their cause.<br />
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8:49</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
then hear their <b>prayer</b>s and their petition from heaven where
you live, and uphold their cause.<br />
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8:54</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
When Solomon finished making these <b>prayer</b>s and petitions to
the Lord, he stood up in front of the altar of the Lord, where he had been
kneeling with his hands raised toward heaven.<br />
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The Lord said to him,“I have heard your <b>prayer</b> and your
petition. I have set this <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Temple</st1:place></st1:city>
apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honored
forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.<br />
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17:22</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
The Lord heard Elijah’s <b>prayer</b>, and the life of the child
returned, and he revived!<br />
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21:9</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for fasting and <b>prayer</b>,
and give Naboth a place of honor.<br />
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13:4</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
Then Jehoahaz prayed for the Lord’s help, and the Lord heard his <b>prayer</b>,
for he could see how severely the king of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Aram</st1:country-region>
was oppressing <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<br />
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19:15</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
And Hezekiah prayed this <b>prayer</b> before the Lord: “O Lord,
God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone
are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens
and the earth.<br />
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19:20</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the
Lord, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your <b>prayer </b>about
King Sennacherib of <st1:place w:st="on">Assyria</st1:place>.<br />
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20:5</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
“Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, ‘This is what the
Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your <b>prayer</b> and
seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out
of bed and go to the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Temple</st1:place></st1:city>
of the Lord.<br />
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<br /></div>Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-65053904517730504932012-01-03T13:10:00.003-06:002012-01-03T13:35:29.179-06:00Bible Prayer Inspirational quotes ( Part I)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From Genesis to 2 Samuel. You can click the verse to link with the Gateway Bible website.<br />
This are taken by NLT Bible<br />
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24:42</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
“So today when I came to the spring, I prayed this <b>prayer</b>: ‘O Lord,
God of my master, Abraham, please give me success on this mission.<br />
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25:21</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Isaac pleaded with the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was unable
to have children. The Lord answered Isaac’s <b>prayer</b>, and
Rebekah became pregnant with twins.<br />
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30:17</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
And God answered Leah’s <b>prayer</b>s. She became pregnant again and
gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.<br />
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30:22</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Then God remembered Rachel’s plight and answered her<b>prayer</b>s by
enabling her to have children.<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+35:3&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Genesis
35:3</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
We are now going to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Bethel</st1:city></st1:place>,
where I will build an altar to the God who answered my <b>prayer</b>s
when I was in distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”<br />
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10:14</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
There has never been a day like this one before or since, when the Lord
answered such a <b>prayer</b>. Surely the Lord fought for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>
that day!<br />
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God answered Manoah’s <b>prayer</b>, and the angel of God appeared
once again to his wife as she was sitting in the field. But her husband,
Manoah, was not with her.<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel+1:9&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">1 Samuel
1:9</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Once after a sacrificial meal at <st1:place w:st="on">Shiloh</st1:place>,
Hannah got up and went to pray. Eli the priest was sitting at his
customary place beside the entrance of the Tabernacle.<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel+1:11&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">1 Samuel
1:11</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
And she made this vow: “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, if you will look upon
my sorrow and answer my <b>prayer</b> and give me a son, then I
will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and
as a sign that he has been dedicated to the Lord, his hair will never be
cut. ”<br />
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2:1</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Then Hannah prayed: ”My heart rejoices in the Lord! The Lord has made me
strong. Now I have an answer for my enemies; I rejoice because you rescued
me.<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel+12:23&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">1 Samuel
12:23</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
“As for me, I will certainly not sin against the Lord by ending my <b>prayer</b>s
for you. And I will continue to teach you what is good and right.<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel+7:18&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">2 Samuel
7:18</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and prayed,“Who am I, O
Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel+7:27&version=NLT"><span style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">2 Samuel
7:27</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
“O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, God of Israel, I have been bold enough to pray
this <b>prayer</b> to you because you have revealed all this to
your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you—a dynasty of kings!’)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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David built an altar there to the Lord and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace
offerings. And the Lord answered his<b>prayer</b> for the land, and the
plague on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>
was stopped.</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #b37162; font-family: Verdana;"><b><br /></b></span>Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-74686542464422141552012-01-02T11:36:00.000-06:002012-01-02T18:02:48.438-06:00Who is Jesus? The 7 " I AM" statements<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: 14pt;">Yesterday was the first service of 2012. Pastor’s preaching
was extraordinary, but something that really called my attention was our Bulletin.
Pastor wrote Jesus’ Resume as if he were applying for the Top Management
position in our lives. It included the following: His Qualifications, His Occupational
background, His Skills, but the one that called my attention the most was His
Accomplishments:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: 14pt;">“I laid down my life so you could live. I defeated the arch-enemy
of people. I’ve raised the dead, healed the sick, and fed the poor. You can
read my full list @ www. HolyBible.org.”
Lol.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: 14pt;">The truth is that Jesus in the Book of John really said Who
He is.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: 14pt;">As a teacher for many years, I was trying to get my student
to understand the importance to putting together the text, a good interpretation,
and your point of view. In this research,<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> The
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">As we reflect on the whole
witness of the inerrant and infallible Scriptures, regarding the Person of
Jesus, we can see many elements and various passages that assert, affirm and
prove His divinity. For example, there are the Messianic prophesies, such as,
Ps.2:7,12, which speaks of Him as God's Son. Ps.110:1 declares Him as lord,
while Ps.45:6 and Isa.9:6 speak of Him as God. Then there are the didactic passages,
for instance, Jhn.1:1,14 speak of Jesus the Christ being the Word and the Word
also being divine (God), then becoming flesh [human]. Phil. 2:5-11 speaks of
Him being the "form of God" and Heb. 1;2-3; Col. 1:15 declare that
"He is the radiance of the glory of God, the exact representation of His
being and the image of the invisible God," while Heb. 1:8 boldly states
that He is God, and 1 Tim. 3:16 asserts that this God "appeared in a
body." We also have the narrative materials, such as, Mk. 2:27-28; Lk.
5:20; Jhn. 11:43-44, amongst many others, which testify that Jesus claimed
divine prerogatives. These include, redefining the Sabbath, forgiving sin and
raising the dead.! However, besides His own bodily resurrection, I genuinely
believe that it is in the "I am" sayings of Jesus that we are
presented with some of the clearest assertions, affirmations and proof of His
divinity. For in them we have the very words of Jesus concerning His "true
identity." Here we have the self-disclosure of the Incarnate God. It is
with the assistance of the Apostle John, who recorded the very words of Jesus
Christ as an eyewitness, along with other eminent theologians, that I seek to
present this truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I begin by stating that the
implicit intentions of the Apostle John, in writing his version of the Gospel
of Jesus the Christ, are to be found in Chapter 20 verses 30-31. There, John
clearly states, "Jesus did many more miraculous signs in the presence of
his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that
you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing
you may have life in his name. So, we see that John's aim is two-fold. Firstly,
it is revelatory, he seeks to reveal and demonstrate "that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God." Secondly, it is evangelistic, he wants people to
know the true identity of Jesus, so "that you may have life in his
name." Now, for the purpose of this essay, it is the initial aim of John
that I want to highlight. As we have seen, John is seeking to prove that "
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, the Saviour of the world" (4:42). And
in his attempt to do so he enlists the aid of many things. For example, the
statements of witnesses, such as John the Baptist (1:29, 32-36), the Samaritan
woman and villagers (4:39-42), Jesus (8:13-14), and God Himself (8:17;
12:28-30), accounts of the life, ministry and works of Jesus, including His
many discourses and His eventual death and resurrection. He also introduced, or
recorded, various miracles (signs) performed by Jesus, which are also recorded
in the Synoptic Gospels. However, it is he alone, of all the Gospel writers,
who that gives an account of the sermonic discourses of Jesus, which shed light
on the meaning of the message behind the miracles that took place. Hence John's
use of the Greek word `semeion` [sign], rather than simply `dunamis` [miracle].
Now, included in these sermonic statements are some of the "I am"
sayings, for example, "I am the bread of life" (6:35) and "I am
the resurrection and the life." The remainder of the sayings took place
during his verbal interactions with the people (8:12), the Pharisees (10:7, 9,
11), and His disciples (14:6; 15:1).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Another thing which I seek to
draw the readers attention to is the actual Greek words `ego eimi`, translated
(I AM). Leon Morris correctly states, "Jesus uses an emphatic "I
AM" to bring out important teaching about his person. In Greek, the
personal subject of the verb is not normally expressed: the form of the verb
makes clear what the subject is. But if it is desired to emphasize the subject,
then the appropriate pronoun may be used. What makes this so important in John
is that we find a similar usage in the Greek translation of the Old Testament.
There we find that the translators used the emphatic form of the speech when
they were rendering words spoken by God." He then goes on to say,
"When Jesus used the "I AM" construction he was speaking in the
style of deity." And, "There is general agreement among Johannine
scholars that this kind of language is a significant pointer to what John is
telling us about the person of Jesus." (1) In other words, when Jesus was
using the "I AM" construction he was indicating His divinity, and in
John recording His statements he was doing likewise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Morris, also, correctly
observes that there are two groups within the "I AM" sayings. One
with the predicate and one without the predicate. Commenting on them he says,
"Both constructions are somewhat unusual, and the form a Johannine
distinctive." Quoting J.H.Bernard, he goes on to say, "This is
clearly the style of Deity...Its force could at once be appreciated by one
familiar with the LXX version of the Old Testament." (2) In examining both
groups of the "I AM" sayings, I would like to follow Morris's example
and present the former group first and the latter group second.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">"I AM the Bread of Life"</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The first of the notable
"I AM" sayings, in the book of John, is "I AM the bread of
life" (6:35). This was uttered in the discourse which followed the feeding
of the multitude. During the discourse, Jesus tells the crowd, "Do not
work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the
Son of Man will give you" (6:27). As He seeks to elicit their faith in
Himself, He is met with a challenge to "demonstrate His credentials."
(3) "What sign do you do that we may see and believe?", they ask. To
this they add, "Our forefathers ate manna in the desert, as it is written:
`He gave them bread to eat`" (v.31). They were obviously implying that
Moses gave them the manna, for Jesus goes on to correct their misunderstanding.
He states, "I tell you the truth, it was not Moses who gave you the bread
from heaven, but it was my Father" (v.32). To that He adds, "My
father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who
comes down from heaven" (v.33). By this, Jesus was not only implying that
God gave "bread from heaven" in the past and continues to do so in
the immediate present, but was also implicitly stating that He Himself is "the
bread of God come down from heaven" (v.33). "In apparent expression
of some stirring of spiritual desire they ask for this bread from heaven,
though how earth- bound their understanding remains will emerge as the
conversation continues." (4)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Now, it is in response to their
request that Jesus makes the astounding claim, "I AM the bread of life, he
who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be
thirsty" (v.35). This saying actually enshrines the essence of Jesus'
message. He is the answer to the needs of the human heart. "The bread of
life implies the fundamental, elemental role Jesus claims to fulfil in relation
to the yearning human spirit. For Jesus' bread was `the staff of life`, the
primary source of nourishment. But since bread is a basic food universally,
there is also the implicit claim that he fulfils this role for everyone. He is
(the Saviour of the world)" (5), and gives life to the world (v.33).
Morris, interestingly, points out that the definite article, before the word
bread, indicates the fact that Jesus, and Jesus alone, is the one who is the
bread of life. (6) While Milne states that, "the bread of life also points
to the satisfying nature of Jesus." (7) This is clearly seen in the
corollary, "never go hungry, and never be thirsty." All other bread,
like manna in the wilderness, leave a sense of dissatisfaction. The inner ache
is not assuaged: we hunger again. By contrast Jesus, once tasted, obviates the
need for further satisfaction. In conclusion, we contend that in the claim,
"I AM the bread of life," Jesus is making His heavenly origins known,
and the fact that He alone supplies the spiritual need of His hearers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">"I AM the Light of the World"</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">This is the second "I
AM" statement that is followed by a predicate. John has previously
informed us, in the Prologue, that the Incarnate Word was "the life,"
and "the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but
the darkness has not understood it" (vv.4- 5). He once again picks up the
light metaphor, and elaborates what he has previously said. John states that
Jesus made the claim, about being "the light of the world," and other
similar statements, on various occasions. For example, 8:12; 9:5; 12:35-36, 46.
Although John does not actually identify exactly when Jesus maid the claim in
8:12, he does tell us where He made it. He gives the Feast of Tabernacles, and
the possibly the temple courts, as the backdrop to this eventful drama (7:14).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">During the celebration of the
Feast of Tabernacles, two major religious, and highly symbolic, ceremonies took
place. The first was the out- pouring of water on the west side of the alter,
by the Levitical priests, as the choir sang the Great Hallel (Ps. 113-18). (8)
The second was the lighting of several large candels in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">temple</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">precint</st1:placename></st1:place>.
John indicates that Jesus took the opportunity of using these two symbols to
illustrate His teachings (7:37-38; 8:12). The light metaphor is steeped in Old
Testament allusion. The glory of the very presence of God in the cloud led the
people to the promised land (Ex. 13:21-22), and protected them from their
enemies (Ex. 14:19-25). The Israelites were trained to sing, "the LORD is
my light and my salvation" (Ps. 27:1). The Word of God, the law of God, is
a light to guide the path of those who cherished instruction (Ps. 119:105; Pr.
6:23); God's light is shed abroad in revelation (Ezk. 1:4,13,26-28), and
salvation (Hab. 3:3-4). "Light is Yahweh in action" (Ps. 44:3). Isa tells
us that the Servant of the LORD was appointed as a light to the Gentiles, that
He might bring salvation to the ends of the earth (Isa. 49:6). The coming
eschatological age would be a time when the LORD Himself would be the light of
His people (Isa. 60:19-22; cf Rev. 21:23-24). Perhaps Zech 14:5b-7 is
especially significant, with its promise of continual light on the last day,
followed by the promise of living water flowing from <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:place></st1:city>-this passage probably forming part
of the litergical reading of the Feast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">So, with these verses in mind
and "in the context of such powerful ritual, Jesus' declaration must have
come with stunning force." (9) What is also stunning is the note of
universality about the claim. He is not simply the light of the Jews, but "the
light of the World." This reference to light is not just physical or moral
light. As Morris correctly points out, that when Jesus declared, "If
anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him"
(11:9-10), that the reference to the light not being in him, shows that we have
moved from physical illumination to spiritual truth. He then comments,
"Jesus is telling his hearers that those who reject him, who do not take
him into their lives are in grave danger." (10) By way of summary, we
contend that in each of the "I AM the light of the world" passages,
the main thought is that "Jesus is the only light and that people must
respond to the coming of the light by giving him a welcome and believing in
him. Apart from that they are lost eternally. That Jesus is the light of the
whole world and that people's eternal destiny depend on their reaction to him
tell us something very important about him." (10)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">"I AM the Door"</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The next "I AM"
saying of Jesus is found in the context of a disputive discourse with the
Pharisees. We see in chapter 9 Jesus healing the blind man, who is subsequently
excommunicated for defending Jesus and who eventually believes in Him
(vv.34-38). After this miraculous sign, and the subsequent ill treatment of the
former blind man by the Pharisees, Jesus contrasts Himself with the religious
leaders of His day, whom He terms as "thieves and robbers." This
contrast is dressed in the form of a "figure of speech" (v.6), which
consists of some very striking metaphors. For example, "sheep pen"
(10:1), "shepherd" (v.2), "watchmen" (v.3) and
"door", or, "gate" (v.3). Despite the vividness of the
metaphors, the Pharisees did not grasp Jesus' point (v.6). Therefore, Jesus,
seeking to explain His message and expand its meaning , not only elucidates,
but also amplifies and inter-relates the metaphors. For example, He now claims,
"I AM the door" (by which the sheep of the sheep pen enter) (v.7).
Previously, He spoke of Himself as "the shepherd" (v.2), which HE
will do again with a further modification (v.10).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">What does Jesus mean when He
says "I AM the door."? In order to answer this, we may find it
helpful to remind ourselves that a sheep pen normally has one doorway, and that
the shepherds of the <st1:place w:st="on">Near East</st1:place> often slept in
the doorway, acting as the door itself. Its is plain to see then, in order for
the sheep to enter the pen they would obviously have to enter through the
doorway, and metaphorically speaking through the shepherd. Thus in answer to
our question, we see that Jesus is saying He Himself, and no other, is the
means by which the sheep may enter into the promised fulness of life (vv.9-10).
For as Morris points out, "Jesus says He is "the door", not
"a door." There is something exclusive about "the" door. He
is saying that the way into life goes through him, and him alone. He is the
door." (11) This is further emphasized when Jesus says, "The thief
only comes to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life;
and have it to the full." "This is a proverbial way of insisting that
there is only one means of receiving eternal life, only one source of knowledge
of God, only one fount of spiritual nourishment, only one basis for spiritual
security-Jesus alone". (12) Jesus also said, "If anyone enters
through me, he will be saved, and go in and go out, and find pasture"
(v.9). Although He does not explain what He means exactly by "saved",
we can take it as meaning having "eternal life." For we find the two
concepts of being "saved" and having "eternal life" linked
in Jhn 3:16-17. Therefore, expositional consistency demands that we understand
a similar linkage here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Thus in conclusion, as Morris
has so astutely observed, "once again we encounter the thought of an
exclusive salvation, exclusive in the sense that it can be entered only through
the door, Jesus Christ. If there is one door for all the race, then once more
we are reminded of something very important about Jesus. Like the other I AM
sayings, this one leads us to think of deity." (13)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">"I AM the Good Shepherd"</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The next I AM saying of Jesus
is closely related to the one previously discussed, in the sense that it is a
metaphor that has been used in the same "figure of speech", in which
we find "I AM the door." In chapter 10 verve 1, Jesus speaks of "the
shepherd." He now adds an adjective to the word shepherd, and makes the
claim "I AM the good shepherd" (10). Here again Jesus is contrasting
Himself with the religious leaders, whom He is speaking too, who are the
not-so-good-sheperds, or retaining the metaphor in the passage, "the hired
hand" (vv.12-13). That He is referring to the Pharisees, as the
"hired hand", is evident in verse 13. For there He speaks of the
hired hand as "not caring for the sheep." This is an obvious referal
to their harsh treatment of the former blind man.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">When Jesus used the term
"the good shepherd", He is speaking of His intrinsic goodness, as
well as His moral rectitude and beauty. In His using the term
"shepherd", He is speaking of His position. He is the shepherd of the
sheep, He is the one who protects, leads, guides and nourishes the sheep. In
turn, the sheep are utterly defensive and totally dependant upon the Shepherd.
It is hard not to see an allusion to Ps 23, where the LORD is the Shepherd, who
protects, leads, guides and nourishes His sheep. Jesus is also referring to His
mission. For on no less than three occasions, He speaks of "laying
down" His life for the sheep (vv.15,17,18). The Shepherd, who protects the
sheep, now protects them to the point of death. The Shepherd now reveals that
He is also the sacrificial "lamb of God" (1:29,35), who willingly
lays down His life for the sheep. "The death of Jesus is no tragic
accident, but the divinely appointed way whereby salvation would be brought to
those who trust in Him." (14) It was not just for the "lost sheep of
the house of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>"
that He was to lay down His life, but also for the "sheep of another
pen" (10:16), the Gentiles. Thereby, making one flock, resided over by one
Shepherd (v.16). How can the death of one man avail the redemption of so many,
unless it was rendered more than sufficient by the divinity of this one man.!
Thus, we contend that this I AM saying screams out the divinity of Jesus the
Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">"I AM the Resurrection and the Life"</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">This particular I AM saying was
made to Martha, who's brother Lazarus had recently died. When Jesus told her
that Lazarus would rise again she took this to refer to "the resurrection
of the last day" (11:23-24). It is at this point that He makes this
explicit and astounding claim, "I AM the resurrection and the life; he who
believes in me , even if he dies, he will live, and everyone who lives, and
believes in me will certainly not die." (11:25-26). With this claim, Jesus
is not simply stating that He imparts resurrection and life, but that He Himself
is resurrection and life. As John said in his Prologue Jesus, (the Word), was
life (1:4). Morris notes, "That he is the resurrection means death, which
to us appears so final, is no obstacle, and that he is the life means that the
quality of life that he imparts to us here and now never ceases." (15)
This claim of Jesus is fully sustantiated in the following raising of Lazarus
from the dead (v.44).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In commenting on John's
recording of this incident, Morris powerfully states, "He is writing about
one who is supremely great and who has breathtaking superiority over death. It
is a comment to the human race that in the end we all face death and there is
nothing we can do about that. We may stave off death for a time, but when it
takes place it is final. John writes about a Lord for whom it is not final. He
is such a great person that even death gives place to him." (15) Surely
this claim of Jesus' has no place on the lips of an ordinary man, but can only
have place on the lips of Him who is divine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">"I AM the Way and the Truth and the
Life"</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">This is the next I AM saying,
to be addressed to those who have committed themselves to Jesus. On the eve of
the Lord's crucifixion, Jesus gives His `Kingly farewell speech`. He has just
instituted the Lord's Supper, (though John does not record this), and announced
His imminent departure (13:33,36;14:2-3). In conjunction to the announcement of
His departure, He adds, "You know the way to the place where I am
going" (14:4). To this, the perplexed disciple Thomas responds,
"Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the
way?". "He wants the position to be clear, and will not let our
Lord's word stand as though he understands them when he really does not. The
man's fundamental honesty stands revealed". (16) This provides Jesus with
the opportunity of expanding and elucidating what he has just said. Thus, He
replies, "I AM the way and the truth and the life". To which He adds,
"No-one comes to the Father except through me" (14:6), (italics mine).
Despite the controversy that surrounds these words, and the many forms of
translations and interpretations given, it is clear, by the the syntactical
structure of these words, that Jesus is saying three distinct things about
Himself. (The stress in the verse falls on "the way", since that is
the issue (v.5). However, the three terms, "the way", "the
truth" and "the life" are syntactically co-ordinate. Hence the
indication that Jesus is declaring three distinct things about Himself.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">First He says, "I AM the
way". Again, we see here an exclusivity which can not be denied, nor
overlooked. Since Jesus refers to going to His Fathers house (v.2), and that
"No-one comes to the Father except through me (v.6), we can see that He is
not speaking of a moral or ethical way, but the way of salvation. The way of
salvation leading to the Father. He is confidently stating that He is not one
of many ways to God, but "the" way. This astounding claim hits at the
heart of our pluralistic society and the syncristic philosophy that it dearly
subscribes and holds on to. With one fell swoop, He disintegrates mans false
notions of approaching God, and asserts His `uniqueness`. His substitutionary,
atoning death is closely linked with Him being "the way". For it is
through His death that God and sinners are reconciled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Second, He claims to be
"the truth". This speaks of His utter veracity and reliability. All
that He has said, claimed and done can be both believed and trusted in, not
simply because He tells the truth, but because He is the truth. For He is the
Word of God that has become flesh (1:1,14). As <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Carson</st1:place></st1:city> insightfully points out, "Jesus
is the truth, because he embodies the supreme revelation of God-he himself
`narrates` God (1:18), says and does exclusively what the Father gives him to
say and do (5:19ff; 8:29), indeed he is properly called God (1:1, 18; 20:28).
He is God's gracious self-disclosure, his "Word", made flesh (1:14).
(17)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Third, Jesus states that He is
"the life". This, as Morris correctly states, "takes us into the
same area as the saying, "I AM the resurrection and the life". (18)
Once again we observe Jesus associating very closely with life. "It is he
alone whose life is unique, self- existent like the life of the Father (5:16).
He is the life and the source of life to others (3:16)". (19)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We contend, then, that
"this comprehensive saying claims an exclusive position for Jesus. He is
the one way to God, he is thoroughly reliable, and he stands in a relation to
truth such as no one else does. The same, of course, is true of his relationship
to life". (20)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">"I AM the True Vine"</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Now we come to the final I AM
saying with the predicate. During the upper room discourse, Jesus twice makes
the declaration, that He is "the vine". On the first occasion He
links Himself with the Father, when He says "I AM the true vine, and my
Father is the gardener", or, "vinedresser" (15:1). On the second
occasion He links Himself with the believer, when He declares, "I AM the
vine; you are the branches", or, "vine canes" (21), and
"goes on to refer to the mutual indwelling of the Saviour and the saved
(15:5)". (22)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Many commentators have
indicated the connection between this declaration of Jesus' and the Old
Testament usage of the vine image. One of these is the noted theologian Bruce
Milne. In his commentary on the Book of John, which places the emphasis on
Jesus' mission, he states, "The image of the vine serves the `mission`
theme in two important ways. In the first place, it was the supreme symbol of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>. A great
golden vine trailed over the temple porch, and the coinage minted during the
revolt against <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Rome</st1:place></st1:city>
(AD 68-70) also bore a vine symbol. The Old Testament has many pertinent
allusions. Possibly the most important in connection with Jesus' claim, I am
the true vine (v.1), is Psalm 80, which blends talk of Israel as `the vine out
of Egypt` (v.8) with `the son of man you raised up for yourself` (v. 17).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">But the vine `is burned with
fire` (Ps. 80:16). <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>
has failed in God's long-term role she was called to fulfil, that being `a
light for the Gentiles` (Is. 49:6), to bring God's salvation `to all the ends
of the earth`... <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
however, was more attracted by the gods of the surrounding nations than
penetrating them as a missionary. Her centuries-long declension from God's
purposes now reaches its nadir in the rejection of the Messiah and the
repudiation of the kingship of God (19:15). But God's purposes, from which <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> turn in
final apostasy, does not fall to the ground. It is grasped anew by the one who
stands in the midst of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
and among the disciples. In contrast to the vine which has destroyed itself by
disobedience, Jesus is `the true vine`. He is the obedient Son through whose
sacrifice and consequent mission the age-old purpose of Israel would find
fulfilment, the nations would be reached, and `all the families of the earth
shall bless themselves` (Gn. 12:2).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">He then continues, "The
image of the vine has a second, less theological, pointer to mission. the vine
is an essentially utilitarian plant; it exists to bear fruit. <st1:place w:st="on">W.
Temple</st1:place> eloquently portrays the fruit- bearing function of the
vine. `The vine lives to give its life-blood. Its flower is small, its fruit
abundant, and when that fruit is mature and the vine has become, for a moment,
glorious, the treasure of the grapes is torn down and the vine is cut back to
the stem`. This function is reflected in Jesus' stress on fruit-bearing
(explicitly in verses 2, 4-5, 8, 16). We should therefore beware of
interpretations of this passage which concentrate solely on our inward
relationship with the Lord. Its real thrust is the renewal of the mission of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> through
Jesus the Messiah and the disciple community. While more `subjective` aspects
are not entirely absent (cf. Jesus' reference to `love` and `obedience` to his
commands; 10, 12, 17), the primary focus remains bracingly objective and
missionary. Jesus by his exaltation in death and resurrection will be removed
tangibly from the world. The disciples are sent into the world, as was Jesus,
to carry on the task in his `absence`. That is the principle implication of
Jesus' saying, I am the vine; you are the branches". (23)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">While I concur with Milne's
interpretation of Jesus being the fulfiller of God's missionary objectives,
i.e. the true vine, through His life, death and subsequent resurrection. I do
not whole-heartedly agree with his interpretation of I am the vine; you are the
branches. I would tend to agree more on the lines of Morris' argument when he
states, "the second saying emphasizes the vital contact with Christ. `He
who remains in me, and I in him`, says Jesus `this man bears much fruit, apart
from me you can do nothing` (15:5)." He continues, "it is an error to
suppose that in the energy of the flesh that we are able to do anything that
pleases God. For that we need the strength that he alone can supply. The
condition of fruitful in Christian service is vital contact with Christ...
Exactly what the "fruit" is is not explained, but usually in the New
Testament the word means qualities of Christian character (Matt. 3:8; 7:20; Rom.
6:22; Gal. 5:22 etc.) and we should see this as primary in mind here. (24)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">When we consider that
"Salvation comes from God" (Jonah 2:9), and that Jesus the Christ is
appointed of God as "a light for the Gentiles", so that He may bring
God's "salvation to the ends of the earth" (Isa. 49:6), and that the
transformation of the believer is only possible by the work of the indwelling
Spirit of Christ (Rom. 8:9), and one's vital contact with Him (Jn 15:5). We can
see that this I AM saying, like the rest, indicates His deity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">by Adel Mohammed El Naggar (</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: center;">a former Muslim</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) also yo can read his testimony</span>.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NOTES</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Leon Morris, Jesus Is The
Christ (STUDIES IN THE THEOLOGY OF JOHN), pp. 107-8.</span></div>
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will never be shut, day or night, so that men may bring you the wealth of the
nations–their kings led in triumphal procession.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">Lord, </span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt;">unlock</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> the doors of wealth, prosperity, health,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>blessings,
favor, peace and joy to our land unto us, our children, our
children’s children, our family and friends . Remove all the hurdles of
the year 2012. Destroy every plan of the enemy. Make us
an instrument of your love and use us according with Your
Will. In the name of Jesus we pray.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">"AFRIKAANS gelukkige
nuwejaar / voorspoedige nuwejaar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">AKPOSSO ilufio
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ALSATIAN e glëckliches nëies / güets nëies johr<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ARABIC </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">عام</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">سعيد</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> (aam saiid) / <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">sana</st1:place></st1:city> saiida<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ATIKAMEKW
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">AZERI yeni iliniz mubarek<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">BAMBARA aw
ni san'kura / bonne année<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">BASAA mbuee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">BASQUE urte berri on<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">BOBO bonne année<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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godina)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">BURMESE hnit
thit ku mingalar pa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">CANTONESE sun
lin fi lok / kung hé fat tsoi<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">CATALAN bon
any nou<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">CHINESE xin nian kuai le / xin nian hao<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">CORSICAN pace
e salute<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">CROATIAN sretna
nova godina<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">CZECH š</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ť</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">astný nový rok<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">DANISH godt nytår<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">DARI sale naw tabrik<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">DUALA</span></st1:place> <span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> mbu mwa
bwam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">DUTCH gelukkig nieuwjaar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ENGLISH happy new year<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ESPERANTO feli</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ĉ</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">an novan jaron<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ESTONIAN head
uut aastat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">EWE eƒé bé dzogbenyui nami<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">EWONDO mbembe mbu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">FAROESE gott nýggjár<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">FILIPINO </span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt;">masaya bagong taon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">FINNISH onnellista uutta vuotta<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">FLEMISH gelukkig nieuwjaar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">FRENCH bonne année<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">FRISIAN lokkich neijier<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">FRIULAN bon an<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">GALICIAN feliz
aninovo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">GEORGIAN </span><span style="font-family: Sylfaen; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">გილოცავთ</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Sylfaen; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ახალ</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Sylfaen; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">წელს</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> (gilocavt akhal tsels)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">GERMAN ein gutes neues Jahr / prost Neujahr<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">GREEK kali xronia </span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">eutichismenos o kainourgios chronos (we wish you a happy new year)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">GUJARATI sal
mubarak / nootan varshabhinandan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">GUARANÍ rogüerohory año nuévo-re<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">HAITIAN CREOLE bònn ané<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">HAOUSSA barka
da sabuwar shekara<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">HAWAIIAN hauoli
makahiki hou<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">HEBREW </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">שנה</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">טובה</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> (shana tova)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">HERERO ombura ombe ombua<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">HINDI nav varsh ki subhkamna<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">HMONG nyob zoo xyoo tshiab<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">HUNGARIAN boldog
új évet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ICELANDIC gleðilegt
nýtt ár<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">INDONESIAN selamat
tahun baru<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">IRISH GAELIC ath bhliain faoi mhaise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ITALIAN felice anno nuovo, buon anno<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">JAVANESE sugeng
warsa enggal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">JAPANESE akemashite
omedetô<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">KABYLIAN asseggas
ameggaz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">KANNADA hosa
varshada shubhaashayagalu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">KASHMIRI nav
reh mubarakh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">KAZAKH zhana zhiliniz kutti bolsin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">KHMER sur sdei chhnam thmei<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">KIEMBU ngethi cya mwaka mweru<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">KINYARWANDA umwaka mwiza<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">KIRUNDI umwaka
mwiza<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">KOREAN
(seh heh bok mani bat uh seyo)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">KURDE sala
we ya nû pîroz be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">LAO sabai
di pi mai<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">LATIN felix sit annus novus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">LATVIAN laim</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ī</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">gu Jauno gadu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">LIGURIAN bón ànno nêuvo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">LINGALA bonana / mbula ya sika elamu na tonbeli
yo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">LITHUANIAN laiming</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ų</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> Nauj</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ų</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">j</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ų</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> Met</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ų</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">LOW SAXON gelükkig
nyjaar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">LUXEMBOURGEOIS e gudd neit Joër<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">MACEDONIAN </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">Среќна</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">Нова</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">Година</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> (srekna nova godina)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">MALAGASY arahaba
tratry ny taona<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">MALAY selamat tahun baru<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">MALAYALAM nava varsha ashamshagal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">MALTESE is-sena t-tajba<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">MANGAREVAN kia
porotu te ano ou<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">MAORI kia
hari te tau hou<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">MARATHI navin varshaachya hardik shubbheccha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">MOHAWK ose:rase<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">MONGOLIAN </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">Шинэ</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">жилийн</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">баярын</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">мэнд</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">х</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">v</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ргэе</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> (shine jiliin
bayariin mend hurgeye)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">MORÉ wênd
na kô-d yuum-songo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">NDEBELE umyaka omucha omuhle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">NGOMBALE ngeu'
shwi pong mbeo paghe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">NORWEGIAN godt
nyttår<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">OCCITAN bon annada<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ORIYA subha
nababarsa / naba barsara hardika abhinandan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">OURDOU naya sar Mubarak<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">PAPIAMENTU
felis anja nobo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">PASHTO nawe kaalmo mobarak sha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">PERSIAN </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">سال</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">نو</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">مبارک</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> (sâle no mobârak)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">POLISH szcz</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ęś</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">liwego nowego roku<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">PORTUGUESE feliz ano novo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">PUNJABI </span><span style="font-family: Raavi; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> (nave saal deeyan vadhaiyaan)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ROMANCHE bun
di bun onn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ROMANI baxtalo nevo bersh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ROMANIAN un
an nou fericit / la mul</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ţ</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">i ani<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">RUSSIAN </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">С</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">Новым</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">Годом</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> (S novim godom)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SAMOAN ia manuia le tausaga fou<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SANGO nzoni fini ngou<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SARDINIAN bonu
annu nou<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SCOTTISH GAELIC bliadhna mhath <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">ur</st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SERBIAN sre</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ć</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">na nova godina / </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">Срећна</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">нова</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">година</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SHIMAORE mwaha
mwema<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SHONA goredzva rakanaka<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SINDHI nain saal joon wadhayoon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SINHALESE
shubha aluth awuruddak weiwa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SLOVAK š</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ť</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">astný nový rok<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SLOVENIAN sre</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">č</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">no novo leto<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SOBOTA dobir leto<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SOMALI sanad wanagsan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SPANISH feliz año nuevo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SRANAN wan bun nyun yari<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SWAHILI mwaka mzuri / heri ya mwaka mpya<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SWEDISH gott nytt år<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">SWISS-GERMAN es guets Nöis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">TAGALOG manigong bagong taon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">TAHITIAN ia
orana i te matahiti api<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">TAMAZIGHT assugas
amegaz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">TAMIL iniya puthandu nalVazhthukkal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">TATAR yaña yıl belän<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">TELUGU
nuthana samvathsara subhakankshalu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">THAI </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">สวัสดีปีใหม่</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> (sawatdii pimaï)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">TIBETAN tashi delek / losar tashi delek<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">TIGRE</span></st1:place></st1:city> <span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">sanat farah wa khare<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">TSHILUBA tshidimu
tshilenga<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">TSWANA itumelele
ngwaga o mosha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">TULU posa
varshada shubashaya<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">TURKISH yeni
yılınız kutlu olsun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">TWENTS gluk
in'n tuk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">UDMURT Vy</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ľ</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> Aren<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">UKRAINIAN </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">Щасливого</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">Нового</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">Року</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> / </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">З</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">Новим</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">роком</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;"> (Z novym rokom)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">URDU naya
saal mubarik<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">UZBEK yangi
yilingiz qutlug' bo'lsin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">VIETNAMESE Chúc
M</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ừ</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ng N</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ǎ</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">m M</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ớ</span><span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">i / Cung Chúc Tân Niên / Cung Chúc Tân Xuân<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">WALOON ene
boune anéye, ene boune sintéye<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">WALOON ("betchfessîs" spelling) bone annéye / bone annéye èt bone santéye<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">WELSH blwyddyn
newydd dda<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">WEST INDIAN CREOLE bon lanné<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">WOLOF dewenati<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">XHOSA nyak'omtsha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">YIDDISH a
gut yohr<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">ZULU unyaka
omusha omuhle " ***<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: small;">"A low standard of prayer means
a low standard of character and a low standard of service. Those alone </span><span style="font-family: Corbel;">labor</span><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: small;"> effectively among men who impetuously fling themselves upward towards
God." <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">.” Charles H. Brent</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"A life growing in its
purity and devotion will be a more prayerful life." E. M.
Bounds <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"A man who is intimate
with God will never be intimidated by men." Leonard Ravenhill<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"All great soul-winners
have been men of much and mighty prayer, and all great revivals have been
preceded and carried out by persevering, prevailing knee-work in the
closet." Samuel Logan Brengle<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"As is the business of
tailors to make clothes and cobblers to make shoes, so it is the business
of Christians to pray." Martin Luther <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Beware in your prayers,
above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying
that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things 'above all that we
ask or think." Andrew Murray<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“Closet communion needs time
for the revelation of God’s presence. It is vain to say, ‘I have too
much work to do to find time.’ You must find time or forfeit
blessing. God knows how to save for you the time you sacredly
keep for communion with Him.” A. T. Pierson </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“Depend upon it, if you are
bent on prayer, the devil will not leave you alone. He will molest you,
tantalize you, block you, and will surely find some hindrances, big or
little or both. And we sometimes fail because we are ignorant of his
devices…I do not think he minds our praying about things if we leave it at
that. What he minds, and opposes steadily, is the prayer that prays on until
it is prayed through, assured of the answer.” Mary Warburton Booth</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Don’t pray when you feel
like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful
on his knees." Corrie ten Boom<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Each time, before you
intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He
can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people.
Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great
things!" <o:p></o:p></span>
<span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 16px;">Andrew Murray</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Faith in a
prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian"Andrew Murray<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Four things let us ever
keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer and
God delivers by prayer." E. M. Bounds <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">Five young college students
were spending a Sunday in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city>,
so they went to hear the famed C.H. Spurgeon preach. While waiting for the
doors to open, the students were greeted by a man who asked,
"Gentlemen, let me show you around. Would you like to see the heating
plant of this church?" They were not particularly interested, for it
was a hot day in July. But they didn't want to offend the stranger, so
they consented. The young men were taken down a stairway, a door was
quietly opened, and their guide whispered, "This is our heating
plant." Surprised, the students saw 700 people bowed in prayer,
seeking a blessing on the service that was soon to begin in the auditorium
above. Softly closing the door, the gentleman then introduced himself. It
was none other than Charles Spurgeon. Our Daily Bread, April 24.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"God does nothing except
in response to believing prayer." John
Wesley <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"God's cause is committed
to men; God commits Himself to men. Praying men are the vice-regents of
God; they do His work and carry out His plans." E.M. Bounds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“God shapes the world by
prayer. The more prayer there is in the world the better the world will
be, the mightier the forces of against evil …” E.M. Bounds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"God’s way of answering
the Christian’s prayer for more patience, experience, hope, and love often
is to put him into the furnace of affliction.z" Richard Cecil<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"He who runs from God in
the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day." John
Bunyan<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"He who has learned to
pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life"
William Law<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“I have seen many men work
without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I
have never seen a man pray without working.” James Hudson <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Taylor</st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"I never prayed sincerely
and earnestly for anything but it came at some time; no matter at how
distant a day, somehow, in some shape, probably the least I would have
devised, it came." Adoniram Judson <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"I ought to pray before
seeing any one…Christ arose before day and went into a solitary place.
David says: ‘Early will I seek thee’…I feel it is far better to begin with
God-to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near
another." - Robert Murray M'Cheyne<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"I realize that many Christians
have not been praying because they have not accepted the reality of war in
which we find ourselves. There is a spiritual war mode that we
must appropriate. It is an aggressive stance that we take against evil. It
is governed by love for people, but it is fearless and uncompromising with
the powers of darkness that manipulate people to
fulfill evil plans." </span><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">Francis
Frangipane</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“I would rather teach one man
to pray than ten men to preach.” Charles Spurgeon<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"I have seen many men
work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it;
but I have never seen a man pray without working." James Hudson <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Taylor</st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"If I could hear Christ
praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet
distance makes no difference. He is praying for me.” (Robert Murray
McCheyne)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"If I fail to spend two
hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day.
I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily
in prayer." Martin Luther<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"If the Christian does
not allow prayer to drive sin out of his life, sin will drive prayer out
of his life. Like light and darkness, the two cannot dwell together."
M.E. Andross<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"If the church wants a
better pastor, it only needs to pray for the one it has."<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"If the spiritual life be
healthy, under the full power of the Holy Spirit, praying without ceasing
will be natural." Andrew Murray <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"If you want that
splendid power in prayer, you must remain in loving, living, lasting,
conscious, practical, abiding union with the Lord Jesus Christ." C.
H. Spurgeon <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"If you can't pray a door
open, don't pry it open."Lyell Rader<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"It is necessary to
iterate and reiterate that prayer, as a mere habit, as a performance gone
through by routine or in a professional way, is a dead and rotten
thing." E.M. Bounds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"If the spiritual life be
healthy, under the full power of the Holy Spirit, praying without ceasing
will be natural." Andrew Murray <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"If we would pray aright,
the first thing we should do is to see to it that we really get an
audience with God, that we really get into His very presence. Before a
word of petition is offered, we should have the definite consciousness
that we are talking to God, and should believe that He is listening and is
going to grant the thing that we ask of Him." R.A. Torrey<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Intercession is truly
universal work for the Christian. No place is closed to intercessory
prayer. No continent - no nation - no organization - no city - no office.
There is no power on earth that can keep intercession out."
Richard Halverson<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"It is in the field of
prayer that life's critical battles are lost or won. We must conquer all
our circumstances there. We must first of all bring them there. We must
survey them there. We must master them there. In prayer we bring our
spiritual enemies into the Presence of God and we fight them there. Have
you tried that? Or have you been satisfied to meet and fight your foes in
the open spaces of the world?" J. H. Jowett<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"It is necessary to
iterate and reiterate that prayer, as a mere habit, as a performance gone
through by routine or in a professional way, is a dead and rotten
thing." E.M. Bounds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"It is not enough to
begin to pray, nor to pray aright; nor is it enough to continue for a time
to pray; but we must patiently, believingly, continue in prayer
until we obtain an answer; George Müller<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Little praying is a
kind of make believe, a salve for the conscience, a farce and a
delusion." E. M. Bounds <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Make time to pray. The great freight and passenger trains are never too busy to stop
for fuel. No matter how congested the yards may be, no matter how crowded
the schedules are, no matter how many things demand the attention of the
trainmen, those trains always stop for fuel.” M.E. Andross<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Men may spurn our
appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons,
but they are helpless against our prayers." Sidlow Baxter<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Ministers who do not
spend two hours a day in prayer are not worth a dime a dozen - degrees or
no degrees." Leonard Ravenhill<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"No learning can make up
for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts
will supply its lack." E.M. Bounds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"One should never
initiate anything that he cannot saturate with pray." S.D. Gordon.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Our prayers lay the track down
on which God's power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is
irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails." Watchman Nee</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“One day George Mueller began
praying for five of his friends. After many months, one of them came to
the Lord. Ten years later, two others were converted. It took 25 years
before the fourth man was saved. Mueller persevered in prayer until his
death for the fifth friend, and throughout those 52 years he never gave up
hoping that he would accept Christ! His faith was rewarded, for soon after
Mueller’s funeral the last one was saved.”</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Out of a very intimate
acquaintance with D. L. Moody, I wish to testify that he was a far greater
prayer than he was preacher. Time and time again, he was confronted by
obstacles that seemed insurmountable, but he always knew the way to overcome
all difficulties. He knew the way to bring to pass anything that
needed to be brought to pass. He knew and believed in the
deepest depths of his soul that nothing was too hard for the Lord, and
that prayer could do anything that God could do." R. A.
Torrey (Emphasis added)</span></li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Power of prayer can
never be overrated. They who cannot serve God by preaching need not
regret. If a man can but pray he can do anything. He who knows how to
overcome with God in prayer has Heaven and earth at his
disposal." Charles H. Spurgeon<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">Pray the largest prayers. You
cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish
you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings. " Phillips
Brooks<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer breaks all bars,
dissolves all chains, opens all prisons, and widens all straits by which
God's saints have been held." E. M. Bounds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“Prayer can never be in
excess.” C. H. Spurgeon<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer does not change
the purpose of God. But prayer does change the action of God."
Chuck Smith <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer does not influence
God. Prayer surely does influence God. It does not influence His purpose.
It does influence His action." S.D. Gordon<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer does not fit us
for the greater work; prayer is the greater work." Oswald
Chambers.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer does not mean
asking God for all kinds of things we want, it is rather the desire for
God Himself, the only Giver of Life" Sadhu Sundar Singh<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">Prayer involves transformed
passions. In prayer, real prayer, we begin to think God's thoughts after
Him: to desire the things He desires, to love the things He loves, to will
the things He wills. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is buried, and
lost and Heaven weeps. If all prayed the wicked would flee from our
midst or to the refuge." Evan Roberts<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is my chief work,
and it is by means of it that I carry on the rest." Thomas
Hooker, Puritan <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is not learned in
a classroom but in the closet." E. M. Bounds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is not monologue,
but dialogue. God’s voice in response to mine is its most essential
part."Andrew Murray<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">Prayer is surrender -
surrender to the will of God and cooperation with that will. If I throw
out a boathook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I
pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the shore? Prayer is not
pulling God to my will, but the aligning of my will to the will of God<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is reaching out
after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal.
Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to
sacrifice anything, even ourselves to attain what we seek for the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">kingdom</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">God</st1:placename></st1:place>." Andrew Murray<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is the acid test
of devotion." Samuel Chadwick <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is the first
thing, the second thing, the third thing necessary to a minister. Pray,
then my dear brother; pray, pray, pray." Edward Payson<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is the greatest of
all forces, because it honors God and brings him into active aid."
E.M. Bounds <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is the real work,
Evangelism is just the mopping up."<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is the secret of
power." Evan Roberts<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“Prayer is where the action
is." John Wesley<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer - secret,
fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal
godliness." William Carey<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer strikes the
winning blow; service is simply picking up the pieces." S.D.
Gordon <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer will make a man
cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer."
John Bunyon<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer wonderfully
clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the
purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit." S.D.
Gordon </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is a spiritual
law which cooperates with the mind of God. It has more in it than merely
petition. It clothes itself in reality and power, with the force of God
Himself. It is an attitude of spirit and mind. Language is secondary in
true prayer." Gossner.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is the root, the
fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings." Chrysostom </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is not learned in
a classroom but in the closet." E. M. Bounds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is not overcoming
God's reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness." Martin
Luther.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">Prayer meetings are dead
affairs when they are merely asking sessions; there is adventure, hope and
life when they are believing sessions, and the faith is corporately,
practically and deliberately affirmed. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer should not be
regarded "as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a
privilege to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new
beauty." E.M. Bounds <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prayer is weakness
leaning on omnipotence." W. S. Bowd<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Prevailing or effectual
prayer, is that prayer which attains the blessing that it
seeks." Charles G. Finney<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Satan does not care how
many people read about prayer if only he can keep them from praying. Paul
E. Billheimer<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Satan trembles when he
sees the weakest Christian on his knees." William Cowper<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">Scripture calls us to pray for
many things: for all saints ; for all men; for kings and all
rulers; for all who are in adversity; for the sending forth of labourers;
for those who labour in the gospel; for all converts; for believers who
have fallen into sin; for one another in our immediate circles. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Seven days without
prayer makes one weak." Allen E. Vartlett<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Talking to men for God
is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still." E.M.
Bounds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Ten minutes spent in the
presence of Christ every day, aye, two minutes, will make the whole day
different." Henry Drummond<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“The Bible is not an end in
itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge
of God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in His
Presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God Himself
in the <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"The battle of prayer is
against two things in the earthlies: wandering thoughts, and lack of
intimacy with God's character as revealed in His word. Neither can be
cured at once, but they can be cured by discipline." Oswald Chambers<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"The devil is not
terribly frightened of our human efforts and credentials. But he knows his
kingdom will be damaged when we begin to lift up our hearts to God.” Jim
Cymbala, in Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"The essence of prayer
does not consist in asking God for something but in opening our hearts to
God, in speaking with Him, and living with Him in perpetual communion.
Prayer is continual abandonment to God. Prayer does not mean asking God
for all kinds of things we want; it is rather the desire for God Himself,
the only Giver of Life, Prayer is not asking, but union with God. Prayer
is not a painful effort to gain from God help in the varying needs of our
lives. Prayer is the desire to possess God Himself, the Source of all
life. The true spirit of prayer does not consist in asking for blessings,
but in receiving Him who is the giver of all blessings, and in living a
life of fellowship with Him." Sadhu Sundar Singh<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“The great people of the earth
today are the people who pray! I do not mean those who talk
about prayer; nor those who say they believe in prayer; nor those who
explain prayer; but I mean those who actually take the time to
pray. They have not time. It must be taken from something
else. That something else is important, very important and pressing,
but still, less important and pressing than prayer.There are people who
put prayer first, and group the other items in life's schedule around and
after prayer. These are the people today who are doing the most for God in
winning souls, in solving problems, in awakening churches, in supplying
both men and money for mission posts, in keeping fresh and strong their
lives far off in sacrificial service on the foreign field, where the
thickest fighting is going on, and in keeping the old earth sweet a little
while longer.” S.D. Gordon <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"The greatest thing
anyone can do for God or man is pray." S.D. Gordon <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"The little estimate we
put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it."
E.M. Bounds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“The man on his knees has a
leverage underneath the mountain which can cast it into the sea, if
necessary, and can force all earth and heaven to recognize the power there
is in 'His name.'” M.E. Andross<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“The man who mobilizes the
Christian church to pray will make the greatest contribution to world
evangelization in history.” Andrew Murray<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"The men who have done
the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who
fritters away the early morning, its opportunity and freshness, in other
pursuits than seeking God will make poor headway seeking Him the rest of
the day. If God</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"The most important thing
a born again Christian can do is to pray." Chuck Smith<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">The more praying there is in
the world, the better the world will be, the mightier the forces
against evileverywhere. Prayer, in one phase of its operation, is a
disinfectant and a preventive. It purifies the air; it destroys the
contagion of evil. Prayer is no fitful, short-lived thing. It is no voice
crying unheard and unheeded in the silence. It is a voice which goes into
God's ear, and it lives as long as God's ear is open to holy pleas, as
long as God's heart is alive to holy things. God shapes the world by
prayer. Prayers are deathless. The lips that uttered them may be closed to
death, the heart that felt them may have ceased to beat, but the prayers
live before God, and God's heart is set on them and prayers outlive the
lives of those who uttered them; they outlive a generation, outlive an
age, outlive a world. That man is the most immortal who has done the most
and the best praying. They are God heroes, God's saints, God's servants,
God's vicegerents. A man can pray better because of the prayers of the
past; a man can live holier because of the prayers of the past; the man of
many and acceptable prayers has done the truest and greatest service to
the incoming generation. The prayers of God's saints strengthen
the unborn generation against the desolating waves of sin and evil. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“E.M. Bounds</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"The prayer power has
never been tried to its full capacity. If we want to see mighty wonders of
divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and
disappointment, let us answer God's standing challenge, "Call unto
me, and I will answer</span><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">.” J. Hudson <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Taylor</st1:place></st1:city></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"The secret of all
failure is our failure in secret prayer." The Kneeling
Christian <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"The stream of praying
cannot rise higher than the fountain of living." E. MBounds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"The true church lives
and moves and has its being in prayer." Leonard Ravenhill<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"The word of God is the
food by which prayer is nourished and made strong." E. M.
Bounds <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“The one concern of the devil
is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless
studies, prayerless work and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil,
mocks at our wisdom, but he trembles when we pray.” Samuel Chadwick<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“The trouble with nearly
everybody who prays is that he says ‘Amen’ and runs away before God has a
chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than giving Him
our ideas.” Frank Laubach<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"There has never been a
spiritual awakening in any country or locality that did not begin in
united prayer." A.T. Pierson<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">There is no power like that of
prevailing prayer - of Abraham pleading for Sodom, Jacob wrestling in the
stillness of the night, Moses standing in the breach, Hannah intoxicated with
sorrow, David heart-broken with remorse and grief, Jesus in sweat and
blood. Add to this list from the records of the church your personal
observation and experience, and always there is cost of passion unto
blood. Such prayer prevails. It turns ordinary mortals into men of power.
It brings power. It brings fire. It brings rain. It brings life. It brings
God.</span><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">”</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">Samuel Chadwick</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“Those persons who know the
deep peace of God, the unfathomable peace that passeth all understanding,
are always men and women of much prayer.” R. A. Torrey<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“Time spent alone with God is
not wasted. It changes us; it changes our surroundings; and every
Christian who would live the life that counts, and who would have power
for service must take time to pray.” M.E. Andross <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“The trouble with nearly
everybody who prays is that he says ‘Amen’ and runs away before God has a
chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than giving Him
our ideas.” Frank Laubach<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"True prayer is measured
by weight, not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness
of prayer in it than a fine oration of great length." C. H.
Spurgeon<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“Up in a little town in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Maine</st1:place></st1:state>,things were
pretty dead some years ago. The churches were not accomplishing anything.
There were a few Godly men in the churches, and they said: 'Here we are,
only uneducated laymen; but something must be done in this town. Let us
form a praying band. We will all center our prayers on one man. Who shall
it be?' They picked out one of the hardest men in town, a hopeless
drunkard, and centered all their prayers upon him. In a week, he was
converted. They centered their prayers upon the next hardest man in
town, and soon he was converted. Then they took up another and
another, until within a year, two or three hundred were brought to God,
and the fire spread out into all the surrounding country. Definite
prayer for those in the prison house of sin is the need of the hour.”
Dr. R.A. Torrey<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"We do not pray at all
until we are at our wits' end." Oswald Chambers<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"We are prepared to serve
the Lord only by sacrifice. We are fit for the work of God only when we
have wept over it, prayed about it, and then we are enabled by Him to
tackle the job that needs to be done. May God give to us hearts that
bleed, eyes that are wide open to see, minds that are clear to interpret
God's purposes, wills that are obedient, and a determination that is
utterly unflinching as we set about the tasks He would have us do"<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"We are too busy to pray,
and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of
activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions;
much machinery but few results." R. A. Torrey<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"We can do nothing
without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. That is the
teaching of Jesus Christ". E. M. Bounds <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"We have to pray with our
eyes on God, not on the difficulties." Oswald Chambers <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"We must alter our lives
in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and
pray another." William Law<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"When asked how much time
he spent in prayer, George Muller's reply was, "Hours every day. But
I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk and when I lie down and
when I arise. And the answers are always coming." Source
Unknown.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"When prayer has become
secondary, or incidental, it has lost its power. Those who are
conspicuously men of prayer are those who use prayer as they use food, or
air, or light, or money." M.E. Andross<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">“What the church needs today
is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more novel
methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use— men of prayer, men mighty in
prayer" E.M. Bounds<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Where there is no vision
of eternity, there is no prayer for the perishing." David
Smithers<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"Yes, worship of the
loving God is man’s whole reason for existence.” A.W. Tozer<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;">"You can do more than
pray after you have prayed; but you can never do more than pray until you
have prayed." A.J. Gordon<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div>Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-59938509635764485742011-12-29T15:24:00.001-06:002012-01-10T11:29:58.883-06:00Need Prayer? 365 Days fasting and praying for you!<br />
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</div>Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-31666696975197212402011-12-29T09:18:00.000-06:002011-12-29T13:59:50.693-06:00Read through your ESV Bible for 2012<br />
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<span style="color: #626262; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> With the father's face hanging, he asked his son, "Do you have the Bible that I asked you to read before you began College?" he asked. "Yes, I do," said the son. "Let me see it," said the father. </span><span style="color: #626262; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When the father opened the Bible to the Book of Genesis , there, hidden in between the first two pages, was a check with the car's price and the son's name.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #626262; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">What are the promises that you are looking for? Healing, prosperity, forgiveness, deliberation? Do you know where in the Bible is your promise?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #626262; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">If my husband were to ask me where the cash was in our house, I would give him directions: go to the kitchen pantry, second shelf, under the cookie jar, in the "Yerba mate" container is an envelope, and there you would find the money.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #626262; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Make an appointment with the Lord , put it in your outlook, in your agenda, or in your calendar. If you have an appointment with your dentist because you are in pain, you are counting the minute to meet him. In the same way, keep your appointment with God. Those 15 minutes you spend reading your Bible will change your life. For sure, your prayer life will change.</span></div>
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<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><th style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #5e9cb5; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; padding-top: 30px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Reading Plan</span></th><th colspan="6" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #5e9cb5; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; padding-top: 30px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Format</span></th></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Chronological</strong><br />Through the Bible chronologically (from <a href="http://www.backtothebible.org/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Back to the Bible</a>)</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/chronological/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RSS</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/ical/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">iCal</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/mobile/devotions/chronological/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mobile</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/assets/pdfs/rp.chronological.pdf" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Print</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/subscribe/devotions?s=chronological" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Email</span></a></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Daily Light on the Daily Path</strong><br />Daily Light on the Daily Path – the ESV version of Samuel Bagster’s classic</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/daily.light/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RSS</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">iCal</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/mobile/devotions/daily.light/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mobile</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Print</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Email</span></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Daily Office Lectionary</strong><br />Daily Psalms, Old Testament, New Testament, and Gospels</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/bcp/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RSS</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/ical/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">iCal</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/mobile/devotions/bcp/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mobile</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/assets/pdfs/rp.bcp.pdf" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Print</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/subscribe/devotions?s=bcp" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Email</span></a></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Daily Reading Bible</strong><br />Daily Old Testament, New Testament, and Psalms</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/daily.reading.bible/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RSS</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/ical/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">iCal</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/mobile/devotions/daily.reading.bible/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mobile</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/assets/pdfs/rp.daily.reading.bible.pdf" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Print</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/subscribe/devotions?s=daily.reading.bible" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Email</span></a></td></tr>
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Pentateuch or the History of Israel; Chronicles or Prophets; and Gospels or Epistles</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/esv.study.bible/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RSS</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/ical/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">iCal</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/mobile/devotions/esv.study.bible/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mobile</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/assets/pdfs/rp.esv.study.bible.pdf" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Print</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/subscribe/devotions?s=esv.study.bible" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Email</span></a></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Every Day in the Word</strong><br />Daily Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, Proverbs</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/every.day.in.the.word/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RSS</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/ical/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">iCal</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/mobile/devotions/every.day.in.the.word/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mobile</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/assets/pdfs/rp.every.day.in.the.word.pdf" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Print</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/subscribe/devotions?s=one.year.bible" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Email</span></a></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Literary Study Bible</strong><br />Daily Psalms or Wisdom Literature; Pentateuch or the History of Israel; Chronicles or Prophets; and Gospels or Epistles</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/lsb/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RSS</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/ical/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">iCal</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/mobile/devotions/lsb/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mobile</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/assets/pdfs/rp.lsb.pdf" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Print</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/subscribe/devotions?s=lsb" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Email</span></a></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>M’Cheyne One-Year Reading Plan</strong><br />Daily Old Testament, New Testament, and Psalms or Gospels</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/one.year.tract/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RSS</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/ical/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">iCal</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/mobile/devotions/one.year.tract/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mobile</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/assets/pdfs/rp.one.year.tract.pdf" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Print</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/subscribe/devotions?s=one.year.tract" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Email</span></a></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Outreach</strong><br />Daily Old Testament, Psalms, and New Testament</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/outreach/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RSS</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/ical/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">iCal</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/mobile/devotions/outreach/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mobile</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/assets/pdfs/rp.outreach.pdf" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Print</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/subscribe/devotions?s=outreach" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Email</span></a></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Outreach New Testament</strong><br />Daily New Testament. Read through the New Testament in 6 months</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/outreach.nt/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RSS</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/ical/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">iCal</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/mobile/devotions/outreach.nt/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mobile</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/assets/pdfs/rp.outreach.nt.pdf" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Print</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/subscribe/devotions?s=outreach.nt" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Email</span></a></td></tr>
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border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/through.the.bible/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RSS</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/ical/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">iCal</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/mobile/devotions/through.the.bible/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mobile</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/assets/pdfs/rp.through.the.bible.pdf" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; 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text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.esv.org/subscribe/devotions?s=through.the.bible" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Email</span></a></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Truth Bible Memory Plan</strong><br />Memorize a new verse from the ESV Bible every week, with daily reminders</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/rss2.0/memory/truth" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a29061; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RSS</span></a></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">iCal</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mobile</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Print</span></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Email</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This link will help you in different languages... I really like the NLT.</span><br />
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Maria P.Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-14158832788269532462011-12-28T13:48:00.001-06:002011-12-28T16:18:00.904-06:00Prayer Quotes<div class="heading passage-class-0" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NLT-29434" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">9</sup> So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. <sup class="versenum" id="en-NLT-29435" style="font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">10</sup>Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><sup class="versenum" id="en-NLT-29436" style="background-color: white; font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">11</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy,</span><sup class="footnote" style="background-color: white; font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;" value="[<a href="#fen-NLT-29436a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians%201:9-11&version=NLT#fen-NLT-29436a" style="text-decoration: none;" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</sup></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefdfc; color: #783f04;">Prayer is a privilege purchased by the blood of Jesus Christ. Christ died for this end, it cost him the shedding of his blood, so that we, through him, might have entrance to the throne of grace. And will you let such a privilege as this lie still? If you do, so far as is in you, you cause his blood to be shed in vain. For if you neglect the privileges gotten by that blood, you neglect the blood that procured them. [The Puritans on Prayer p.17]</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"Prayer crowns God with the honor and glory due to His name, and God crowns prayer with assurance and comfort."--Thomas B. Brooks</span> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer." -- Martin Luther</span> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"Fervent, sincere prayer thwarts Satan's activity like nothing else. --Neil Anderson</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"Prayer is the Christian's first line of defense against demonic influence."-- Neil Anderson</span> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"Prayer is talking with God and telling Him you love Him."-- C. Neil Strait</span> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"Conversing with God about all the things that are important in life, both large and small, and being assured that He is listening."--</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">C. Neil Strait</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"Prevailing prayer is prayer that not only takes the initiative but continues on the offensive for God until spiritual victory is won."-- Duewe</span> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"Prayer has the power to change mountains into highways." - Wesley L. Duewel</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks." - Phillips Brooks</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men!" -- Phillips Brooks</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays."__Søren Kierkegaard</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"How fierce the battle! I know something of the conflict, but I ought not to faint, because I can pray." -- George Campbell Morgan</span> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Reveal Yourself unto me in new ways, Lord; be born in my heart in a new way. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"If we make the basis of prayer our effort and agony and nights of prayer, we mistake the basis of prayer."-- Oswald Chambers</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"God answers prayer on the ground of Redemption and on no other ground."-- Oswald Chambers</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">"...Our prayers are heard, not because we are in earnest, not because we suffer, but because Jesus suffered."-- Oswald Chambers</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">"Prayer is the key to success. Not to pray is to fail. To pray aright is never to fail." - Amzi Clarence Dixon</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">"We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties."-- Oswald Chambers</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">"...get a place for prayer where no one imagines that that is what you are doing. Shut the door and talk to God."-- Oswald Chambers</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">"Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian."-- Andrew Murray</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">"Prayer succeeds when all else fails."-- E.M. Bounds</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">"The goal of prayer is the ear of God."-- E. M. Bounds</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">"Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer."-- E. M. Bounds</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">"Praying men must be strong in hope, and faith, and prayer." -- E.M. Bounds</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">"The conditions of praying are the conditions of righteousness, holiness, and salvation." -- E. M. Bounds</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">"Prayer is God's ordained way to bring His miracle power to bear in human need." -- Wesley L. Duewel</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">"Prayer is the supreme way to be workers together with God." -- Wesley L. Duewel</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">Prayer "is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings." -- Chrysostom</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">“Prayer opens the heart of God, and is a means by which the empty soul is filled.” – John Bunyan, Ibid.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.”Martin Luther King, Jr</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Footlight MT Light'; font-size: 12pt;">“All of us know this and practice it in relation to the basic physical necessities of life. We take steps to see that we have enough to eat and clothes to keep us warm. But do we take our spiritual needs that seriously? Do we apply the same earnestness in planning to maximize our ministry as we do in planning to make a living?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Footlight MT Light'; font-size: 12pt;">What I would like to do here is to try to persuade you to set aside time each week in the coming year to plan—and specifically to plan your life of prayer and devotion and ministry. The bulldozer of God's Spirit often arrives at the scene of our heart ready to begin some great work of building, and he finds that due to poor planning there are piles of disordered things in his way. We're not ready for him.” </span><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Footlight MT Light'; font-size: 12pt;">A New Year's Plea: Plan!<b> </b></span><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Footlight MT Light'; font-size: 12pt;">John Piper</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Footlight MT Light'; font-size: 12pt;"> 1984</span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Footlight MT Light'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Footlight MT Light'; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light'; font-size: 12pt;">I found this link very useful.<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light'; font-size: 12pt;">You can find many links and choose one to follow in 2012</span></div>
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<a href="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2011/12/27/bible-reading-plans-for-2012/">Bible Reading Plans for 2012</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Corbel;">How can we pray for you? We have a team praying and fasting 365 days non stop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel;"><a href="mailto:365prayingforyou@gmail.com">365prayingforyou@gmail.com</a> or <a href="mailto:365prayer@famemphis.net">365prayer@famemphis.net</a></span><br />
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</div>Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-71237587173532403912011-12-26T19:28:00.000-06:002011-12-28T14:38:42.658-06:00Kindness Boomerang, an universal language( One day Video)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Corbel; text-align: left;">It was a perfect moment in my life, when I was praising our Father and knowing that His Loving Kindness is better than life, when I opened my e-mail and saw this video promoting acts of kindness like a boomerang, a rippled effect , and that what you give is what you receive. The original video was watched more than million times. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Corbel;">Immediately, I thought back to what my son had told me yesterday. The Christmas event at my son’s church had a candle light service, and his pastor gave everyone a little keychain flashlight and directions on how to turn it on.</span><br />
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<span style="background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-origin: initial; font-family: Corbel;">He turned his on first and then said, in order for you to turn on your flashlight, somebody with their light already turned on has to touch you. He then touched two of his associate pastors who were each one at his side. In only a few minutes, more than two thousand lights were on.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Corbel;">The Light of Jesus, sharing eternal life is the best act of kindness and love. Spread the Word. If you have your light turned on, you could touch somebody's life right now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Corbel;">He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Corbel; font-size: 12pt;"></span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Corbel;">1 Peter 2:3</span><span style="font-family: Corbel;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Corbel;">Now that you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Corbel;">1 Peter 5:10</span><span style="font-family: Corbel;"><br />In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Corbel;">Remember, its not because of you. It is only as the fruit of God's Spirit that kindness can be a consistent part of the believer.</span></div>
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<br />Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-77189603765046846832011-12-23T21:02:00.000-06:002011-12-23T21:02:50.250-06:00MERRY CHRISTMAS in different languages.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="font-family: Parade;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%;">Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child
and will give birth to a son, and will call him </span><span style="font-size: 21px; line-height: 42px;">Emmanuel</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 200%;">. </span></span></span></b><b style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 42px;">Isaiah 7:14 </span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">CHINESE </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> (shèng dàn kuài lè)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">CORNISH Nadelek lowen<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">CORSICAN bon Natale<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">CROATIAN sretan Bo</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ž</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;">i</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ć</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">CZECH veselé Vánoce<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">DANISH glædelig jul<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">DUTCH vrolijk Kerstfeest<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">ENGLISH merry Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">ESPERANTO gojan Kristnaskon<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">ESTONIAN häid jõule<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">FAROESE gleðilig jól<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">FINNISH hyvää joulua<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">FRENCH joyeux Noël<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">FRISIAN noflike Krystdagen<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">FRIULAN bon nadâl<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">GALICIAN bo Nadal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">GEORGIAN Gilotsavt Shobas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">GERMAN frohe Weihnachten / fröhliche Weihnachten<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">GREEK kala christougenna / kala xristougenna<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">HAITIAN CREOLE jwaye Nowel<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">HAWAIIAN mele Kalikimaka<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">HEBREW </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">חג</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">מולד</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">שמח</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> (hag molad saméa'h)</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">HINDI Krismas ki subhkamna<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">HUNGARIAN boldog karácsonyt<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">ICELANDIC gleðileg jól<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">IGBO annuri Ekeresimesi<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">ILOCANO naragsak a paskua<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">INDONESIAN selamat Natal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">IRISH GAELIC Nollaig shona<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">ITALIAN buon Natale / gioioso Natale<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">JAVANESE sugeng Natal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">JAPANESE merii kurisumasu<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">KABYLIAN assegass amegass<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">KINYARWANDA Noheli nziza<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">KIRUNDI Noheli nziza<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">KOREAN Sung Tan Chuk Ha<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">KURDISH Noela we pîroz be<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">LAO souksan van Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">LATIN felix dies Nativitatis<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">LATVIAN priec</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ī</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;">gus Ziemassv</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ē</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;">tkus</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">LIGURIAN bón dênâ / bón natâle<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">LITHUANIAN su Kal</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ė</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;">domis / linksm</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ų</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> Kal</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ė</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;">d</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ų</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">LOW SAXON vrolik Kersfees<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">LUXEMBOURGEOIS schéi Chrëschtdeeg<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">MACEDONIAN </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">среќен</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Божиќ</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> (sre</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ć</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;">en Bo</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ž</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;">i</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ć</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;">)</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">MALAGASY tratry ny Krismasy / arahabaina tratry ny
Krismasy / arahaba tratry ny Krismasy<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">MALAY selamat hari natal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">MALAYALAM Christmas ashamshagal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">MALTESE il-milied it-tajjeb / milied hieni<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">MANX Nollick ghennal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">MAORI meri Kirihimete<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">MONÉGASQUE bon Natale<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">NORWEGIAN god jul<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">OCCITAN bon Nadal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">PAPIAMENTU bon pasku<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">PERSIAN </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">کریسمس</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">مبارک</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> (Christmas mobaarak)</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">PORTUGUESE feliz Natal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">ROMANIAN un Cr</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ă</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;">ciun fericit</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">RUSSIAN </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">С</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Рождеством</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Хрисовым</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> (S rozhdestvom Khristovym)</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">SAMOAN ia manuia le Kerisimasi<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">SCOTTISH GAELIC Nollaig chridheil<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">SOBOTA dobro dedek<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">SPANISH feliz Navidad<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">SRANAN switi Krisneti<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">TAGALOG maligayang pasko<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">TAHITIAN 'ia 'oa'oa e teie Noera<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">TAMIL Nathaar thina vaalthukal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">TURKISH Noeliniz kutlu olsun<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">UDMURT Shuldyr Ymu</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ś</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;">ton</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">UKRAINIAN </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">З</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Різдвом</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Христовим</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> Z Rizdvom Khrystovym</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">WALOON
("betchfessîs" spelling) djoyeus
Noyé<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">WELSH Nadolig llawen<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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CREOLE jénwèl<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">YIDDISH </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">אַ</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">גוטע</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ניטל</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Parade;"> (a gute nitl)</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: Parade; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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We took this information from <a href="http://www.freelang.net/expressions/christmas.php">http://www.freelang.net/expressions/christmas.php</a>
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season, sometimes our day seems to fly by. Before you even have time to think about, it's 9 o’clock
in the night again and it is time to go back to bed . Could you believe that today is the 20<sup>th</sup> and in eleven days 2011
will be over?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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house five minutes by 3:55 AM) and I asked him the same. If perhaps, it is something that it is related to our
age (Well, with my age, because he's still a 54 year old teen at heart). He thought
maybe the coffee was too strong for my brain, and maybe he was right.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;">But it wasn't always like this. I remember that when I was young, time went slowly and Christmas day was far,
far away. From December eighth, our last day of school and the first official day
that the beaches were open to the public, until Christmas’ eve, there was a whole month… an entire life in between the two days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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another December that the clock froze and time did not want to run: the
first year that my daughter passed away. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;">My sister and my brother-in-law came from <st1:city w:st="on">Toronto</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>
to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Memphis</st1:place></st1:city> and
the warmth of their love made that year, 1992, the most memorable Christmas ever. My
nieces were little princesses. Nikki was only 5 years old and her smile made the
day bright. She was telling me that she loved me more than 10 Ronald McDonald’s
houses (A Housing program for families in St Jude Cancer Research's Hospital ) put together. Here in Memphis, the building is a whole block.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Patty, who was only 15 years old, was a perfect
companion from the sweetness of her personality and the effort that she put that
Christmas to make my son, who was only 12, the </span><span style="font-size: 19px;">happiest</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> boy on earth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;">We can never thank them enough …. Being far
from your country can be very sad when you have no family around you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;">But the emptiness was also there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;">When you lose any member in your family, the
Holidays seem to be unnecessary and in some way, your heart just
wants time to skip to January
the 2<sup>th</sup> and have everything in your life go back to… normal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Moms that pray for other moms and their children. This lady was asking us to pray for peace because
this was her first Christmas without her mother. </span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;">Her words had been of how many had told her that the first year without a loved one could be the hardest but that eventually, it would become easier. She hadn't even been able to imagine such a thing. Christmas had always been a time of joy and happiness, but at that particular time, she just couldn't feel it.</span></div>
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the mind. </span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;">"Wow", I had thought in my heart, "What a perfect time to pray for Peace,
because those were the first words of the angel to the shepherds: "Peace
on earth."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Luke 2:14 </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;">14</span></sup></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;">Glory to
God in the highest [heaven], and on earth peace among men with whom He is well
pleased [<b><sup>[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%202:14&version=AMP#fen-AMP-24986a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</sup></b>men of goodwill, of His favor].<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;">The coming of The Lord Jesus brings Glory to Heaven and Peace to the
one who pleases HIM. Really, I had never paid
attention that The Lord did not say to all the earth but to all who pleased Him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;">I looked for the definition of Peace; the</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Hebrew
word is Shalom <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">(</span><span class="script-hebrew"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">שָׁלוֹם</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) both the adjective and substantive forms means security, health, prosperity<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">, </span>well-being<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">, peace,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>completeness, and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>welfare.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;">So to say, shalom seems not
to merely speak of a state of affairs, but describes a process, an activity, and
a movement towards fullness, to make amends, make good, to be (or to make)
peace, to restore, peace prosperity, wellness and wholeness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is the common friendly greeting, but Shalom is also His natural inner because
He chose it to be His Name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Judges 6:24</span><b style="color: #001320;"> </b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;">24</span></sup></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;"> And Gideon
built an altar to the Lord there and named it Yahweh-Shalom (which means
“the Lord is peace”). The altar remains in Ophrah in the land of the clan
of Abiezer to this day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;">In
the book </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin,</i></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">(Eerdmans, 1995)</span> </span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;">the</span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;">author Cornelius
Plantinga described the Old Testament concept of shalom:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;">“The
webbing together of God, humans, and all creation in justice, fulfillment, and
delight is what the Hebrew prophet’s call shalom. We call it peace but it means
far more than mere peace of mind or a cease-fire between enemies. In the Bible,
shalom means universal flourishing, wholeness and delight – a rich state of
affairs in which natural needs are satisfied and natural gifts fruitfully
employed, a state of affairs that inspires joyful wonder as its Creator and
Savior opens doors and welcomes the creatures in whom he delights. Shalom, in
other words, is the way things ought to be.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;">He promises a covenant of peace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #001320;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">Isaiah 54:10</span><span style="color: #001320;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: red; font-size: 14pt;">For
the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, but My loving-kindness
will not be removed from you, and My covenant</span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: red; font-size: 14pt;">of peace</span><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;">(shalom; <a href="http://www.preceptaustin.org/1_peter_12.htm#PEACE EIRENE">eirene</a> =
the promise of the New Covenant to be fulfilled in Christ) </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: red; font-size: 14pt;">will not be shaken,"
Says the LORD who has compassion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p>Think of it this way. If your life is a table, which uses four legs to balance itself, what would if a supposed leg were to disappear? Everything would become unbalanced and the table would collapse. Jesus is the only one who could possibly restore this balance, even when one of your loved ones had been the leg holding up your table.</o:p></span></div>
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if you really need prayer because one of your relatives got promoted this
year and will be celebrating Christmas in Heaven, your family or friend is in the front line, you or your loved one have a very dangerous job, you have no job like me
and you are wondering how you will provide Christmas for your family, you are
in the Hospital: you are sick or somebody that you love is sick, or if you are
in another country and feel lonely, don’t be. Remember that God Shalom is your </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">security, health, prosperity<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">, </span>well-being,<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> peace,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>completeness, and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>welfare.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <sup> <o:p></o:p></sup></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;">Peace
is a prominent attribute of the Messianic times<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: blue;"> Isaiah
2:4</span></span></div>
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LORD will mediate between nations and will settle international disputes. They
will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Isaiah 9:6</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: red;">For
a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his
shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace</span><span style="color: #001320;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: blue;">John
14:27</span><span style="color: #001320;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to
you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: blue;">John 16:33</span><span style="color: #5c1101;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><sup><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: red;">33</span></span></sup></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: red;"> I have told you
all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many
trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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When you pray, pray these scriptures aloud. Make your heart and soul
remember that they are God’s promises and they are YOURS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;">Be
Gideon today. Make Peace with Him. Build an altar for Him. Walk in His Promises.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="color: #001320; font-size: medium;">Do you need prayer? Please let us know our Ministry is </span><span style="color: #001320;"><span style="font-size: 19px;">fasting</span></span><span style="color: #001320; font-size: medium;"> and prayer the 365 days non stop.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;">* If you would like a further study, I recommend this link. It could prove to be very useful. W.
L. Walker</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><a href="http://topicalbible.org/p/peace.htm" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">http://topicalbible.org/p/peace.htm</a></div>Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-1363758100663866042011-12-14T16:34:00.000-06:002011-12-16T08:13:28.916-06:00" Twelve (12) Days of Christmas” The Rest of the Story<br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"> “</span></span><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Twelve Days of
Christmas”</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> The Rest
of the Story </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></h1>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Driving back from our church yesterday night after preparing
the bags of food for our Food Pantry, “Father’s Closet Ministry”, I told my
husband that we needed to stop at the gas station because we would run out of
gas soon. And, since we live at the suburbs of the Metro area it was better to
stop sooner than later. So we did. What a surprise after putting in some gas, that
the van was dead. A terminal of the battery was broken. My husband went to the
auto part store since it was only a few yards from where we were. Because he had no tools, he had to walk across
to another supermarket to find them. Just to be able to replace the terminal and
get the van to run again. It was late and cold, and the coffee at the gas station…
I will try to say it in the very best way- It wasn’t the coffee from Amanda or Bernando,
a family friend of us from </span><st1:country-region style="font-weight: normal;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Colombia</st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, who lives in Memphis and it was not Juan Valdez either from my friend Rubiela who lives in </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Pereira, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">the coffee area in Colombia South America.</span></h1>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My
daughters had a wonderful idea to sing Christian Christmas songs. So we took
turns to be the leader of the song, and the rest needed to follow her.</span></span></span></h1>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">When
I was singing the “12 days of Christmas”, they all said that I lost the game.
That one wasn't a Christian song. They called it a ‘silly song’. So let me tell
you what I shared with them. ‘The rest of the Story’ of the song </span></span></h1>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">In <st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region>
in the 16th century, </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;">one of her first moves as Queen</span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> Elizabeth 1 (</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">1533 1603) was </span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;">launched The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">English</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Protestant</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Church</st1:placetype></st1:place>.</span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> The English who stayed faithful to Roman
Catholicism found themselves on the wrong side of the law. They were prohibited
by royal authority to instruct the catechism to their children. So, they camouflaged
their practice in metaphors and put them in a melody. "The 12 Days of
Christmas" is one of those resultant songs. The carol exposes fact about
Christ's life and His message.</span></span></h1>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">It
was first published in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region></st1:place>
in 1780, but may be</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Constantia;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">French</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">in
origin. The twelve days in the song are the twelve days starting on Christmas Day.
O</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">pposite the popular idea, these are not the twelve
days </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;">preceding</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">Christmas.
These are the twelve days from Christmas
until the beginning of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Constantia;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Epiphany</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">
(January 6th; the twelve days count from December 25th until January 5<sup>th</sup>)
</span></span><span style="font-family: Constantia;">and is
a <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">cumulative song</span>, meaning that each verse is
built on top of the previous verses..</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<span style="color: #339966; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">On the first day of
Christmas,<br />
my true love sent to me<br />
A partridge in a pear tree. <o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Constantia;">The "true love"
represents God and the "me” represents us, </span><span style="font-family: Constantia;">all the Christians</span><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Constantia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<b><sup><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Constantia;">8</span></sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Constantia;"> </span></span><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Constantia;">Whoever does not
love does not know God, because God is love. (<b>1 John 4:8</b>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">Partridges<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>are medium-sized birds, intermediate
between the larger<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>pheasants<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and the smaller<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>quails. Partridges are native to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Europe,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Asia,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Africa, and the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place>.
Partridges are ground-nesting seed-eaters;<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">an ancient Christian
symbol of Christ. Some interpretation sees</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Jesus symbolically
presented as a mother partridge that feigns injury to decoy predators from her
helpless nestlings, recalling the expression of Christ's sadness over the fate
of<span class="apple-converted-space"> <st1:city u1:st="on"></st1:city></span><st1:city w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:city>:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff6600; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">"<st1:city u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:place></st1:city></st1:place></st1:city>!<span class="apple-converted-space"> <st1:city u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on"></st1:place></st1:city></span><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:place></st1:city>!
How often would I have sheltered you under my wings, as a hen does her chicks,
but you would not have it so . . . ." (Luke 13:34).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> For others</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">the
partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ who died on a tree as a gift from God.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="color: #339966;">On the second day of Christmas,<br />
my true love sent to me<br />
Two turtle doves,<br />
And a partridge in a pear tree.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Constantia; line-height: normal;">The dove is</span> <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;">a member of the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; text-decoration: none;">bird</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;">family, especially the well-known verse from the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; text-decoration: none;">Song of Songs</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;">. Its mournful voice, and the fact that it forms strong</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; text-decoration: none;">pair bonds</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;">, Turtle Doves have become symbols of faithful love. In the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; text-decoration: none;">New Testament</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;">, two turtle doves are mentioned to have been sacrificed for
the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; text-decoration: none;">Birth of Jesus</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;">.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> (</span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9fdff; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Luke 2:24) </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia;">The two turtledoves signify the sacrifice offered in the
temple by Joseph and Mary at the presentation of the Christ-child in the temple.
Some say that these two are actually the two Old and New testaments </span></span></div>
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the third day of Christmas, </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: green; font-family: Constantia; line-height: 14.25pt;">my true love sent to me </span></div>
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<span style="color: green; font-family: Constantia; line-height: 14.25pt;">Three French hens, </span></div>
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<span style="color: green; font-family: Constantia; line-height: 14.25pt;">Two turtle doves, </span></div>
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<span style="color: green; font-family: Constantia; line-height: 14.25pt;"><span style="line-height: 14.25pt;">And a partridge in a pear tree</span><b style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 14.25pt;"><i><span style="color: green;">. </span></i></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">For the three French hens, the breed was developed in the 1860s in
north-central <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
They were priceless poultry in Elizabethan England; represent the three
valuable gifts of the Magi. Or according with </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #ff6600; font-family: Constantia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Corinthians
13: 13 <span class="apple-style-span">Faith, Hope and Love</span></span></div>
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fourth day of Christmas,<br />
my true love sent to me<br />
Four calling birds,<br />
Three French hens,<br />
Two turtle doves,<br />
And a partridge in a pear tree.</span><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The male calling bird's song is a varied and melodious low-pitched
fluted song, given from trees, in the period from March to June, sometimes into
the beginning of July. The four 'calling birds' are the Gospel writers that
call us to Jesus. (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John)</span></div>
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fifth day of Christmas,<br />
my true love sent to me<br />
Five golden rings,<br />
Four calling birds,<br />
Three French hens,<br />
Two turtle doves,<br />
And a partridge in a pear tree.</span><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">Ring-necked Pheasants in
particular were commonly bred and were introduced to many parts of the world
for the game farm supply. It can be considered semi-</span></span><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; text-decoration: none;">domesticated</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">. (The Ring-necked
Pheasant is the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; text-decoration: none;">state bird</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; text-decoration: none;">South
Dakota</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">,
one of only three <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region> state
birds that is not a species native to the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; text-decoration: none;">United
States</span>.<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">)
The five 'golden rings’ birds represent the Torah, or </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">Pentateuch: 1) Genesis, 2) Exodus, 3)
Leviticus, 4) Numbers, and 5) Deuteronomy, and they are the first five books of
the Bible also called the "Books of Moses".<o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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sixth day of Christmas,<br />
my true love sent to me<br />
Six geese a-laying,<br />
Five golden rings,<br />
Four calling birds,<br />
Three French hens,<br />
Two turtle doves,<br />
And a partridge in a pear tree. </span><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The six 'geese a-laying' represent the six days of creation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Constantia;">1:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Constantia;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Constantia;">The heavens, the earth,
light and darkness. 2:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Heaven 3:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Dry land, the
seas, and vegetation. 4:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The sun, the moon and the stars. 5:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Living
creatures in the water, birds in the air. 6: Land animals and people. Remember the Day 7:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>God "rested".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: green; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">On the
seventh day of Christmas,<br />
my true love sent to me<br />
Seven swans a-swimming,<br />
Six geese a-laying,<br />
Five golden rings,<br />
Four calling birds,<br />
Three French hens,<br />
Two turtle doves,<br />
And a partridge in a pear tree. <o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">The seven 'swans a-swimming' are the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">(Corinthians
12:9-11, Romans 12, Ephesians 4, 1 Peter 4:10-11)<o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">The
seven spiritual gifts given to Christians by the Holy Spirit are: wisdom,
understanding, counsel, strength, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord. </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Constantia;">Isaiah 11:2-3 </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">speaks of the Spirit and the
promised gifts that will be given to the one who will “come forth from the
stump of Jesse." There are the six gifts listed in the Hebrew Scriptures.
But</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">the
Greek translation, the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><em><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Septuagint</span></em><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">,</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> duplicates "fear of the
Lord" with the translation, "faithfulness," thus bringing the
list of qualities to seven. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h2>
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eighth day of Christmas,<br />
my true love sent to me<br />
Eight maids a-milking,<br />
Seven swans a-swimming,<br />
Six geese a-laying,<br />
Five golden rings,<br />
Four calling birds,<br />
Three French hens,<br />
Two turtle doves,<br />
And a partridge in a pear tree</span><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">The eight 'maids a-milking' are the Beatitudes, which nourish our spirituality.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">1)
Blessed are the poor in spirit, 2) those who mourn, 3) the meek, 4) those who
hunger and thirst for righteousness, 5) the merciful, 6) the pure in heart, 7)
the peacemakers, 8) those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake. (Matthew
5:3-10) </span></div>
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<span style="color: green; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">On the
ninth day of Christmas,<br />
my true love sent to me<br />
Nine ladies dancing,<br />
Eight maids a-milking,<br />
Seven swans a-swimming,<br />
Six geese a-laying,<br />
Five golden rings,<br />
Four calling birds,<br />
Three French hens,<br />
Two turtle doves,<br />
And a partridge in a pear tree.</span><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">The nine 'ladies dancing' refer
to the nine choirs of angels. Angels,</span></span><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"><br />
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Archangels,</span></span>
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Principalities,</span></span>
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Powers,</span></span>
Virtues<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">,</span></span>
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Dominations,</span></span>
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Thrones</span></span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Cherubim</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> and </span></span>Seraphim<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">Again, some say that these
represent the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">(Galatians
5:22-23) </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Kindness Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness
and Self-control.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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</span><span style="color: green; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">On the
tenth day of Christmas,<br />
my true love sent to me<br />
Ten lords a-leaping,<br />
Nine ladies dancing,<br />
Eight maids a-milking,<br />
Seven swans a-swimming,<br />
Six geese a-laying,<br />
Five golden rings,<br />
Four calling birds,</span><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span><span style="color: green; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">Three
French hens,<br />
Two turtle doves,<br />
And a partridge in a pear tree.</span><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">The ten 'lords a-leaping' are the Ten Commandments.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">(Exodus
20). The ten commandments: 1) You shall have no other gods before me; 2) Do not
make an idol; 3) Do not take God's name in vain; 4) Remember the Sabbath Day;
5) Honor your father and mother; 6) Do not murder; 7) Do not commit adultery;
8) Do not steal; 9) Do not bear false witness; 10) Do not covet. (Exodus
20:1-17)</span></div>
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<span style="color: green; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">On the
eleventh day of Christmas,<br />
my true love sent to me<br />
Eleven pipers piping,<br />
Ten lords a-leaping,<br />
Nine ladies dancing,<br />
Eight maids a-milking,<br />
Seven swans a-swimming,<br />
Six geese a-laying,<br />
Five golden rings,<br />
Four calling birds,<br />
Three French hens,<br />
Two turtle doves,<br />
And a partridge in a pear tree.</span><span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">The eleven 'pipers piping' signify the 11 original and loyal Apostles,
who proclaimed the resurrection.</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">
1) Simon Peter 2) Andrew 3) James 4) John
5) Philip 6) Bartholomew 7) Matthew 8) Thomas 9) James </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Bar
Alphaeus 10) Simon the Zealot</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;">y 11)
Judas bar James. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Constantia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">(Luke
6:14-16). The list does not include the twelfth disciple, Judas Iscariot
who betrayed Jesus to the religious leaders and the Romans.</span></h2>
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</span><span style="color: green; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">On the
twelfth day of Christmas,<br />
my true love sent to me<br />
Twelve drummers drumming,<br />
Eleven pipers piping,<br />
Ten lords a-leaping,<br />
Nine ladies dancing,<br />
Eight maids a-milking,<br />
Seven swans a-swimming,<br />
Six geese a-laying,<br />
Five golden rings,<br />
Four calling birds,<br />
Three French hens,<br />
Two turtle doves,<br />
And a partridge in a pear tree! <o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;">The twelve 'drummers
drumming' are the twelve beliefs enshrined in the Apostles' Creed.</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Constantia; font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Constantia;">I hope
that this song is going to be used as a testimony, because it shows us that <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Constantia;">in the
most unfavorable situation, we can still use our struggles to Testify God’s
Grace and Salvation through Jesus Christ. Many times we take for granted that
we can speak freely about Him. There are still many countries that are in the
dark and many missionaries that are persecuted- just for carrying a bible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Constantia;">Secondly,
that we don’t need to be fast to judge persons or situations, we always need to
find the rest of the story. I know that right: I have a child with Special
needs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Constantia;">The
rest of the story of my family? Well, when we arrived back, home was warm, soup
was ready and we thank the Lord because of that, yesterday we did not take
those blessings for granted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></i></b>Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-57594892956952174952011-12-12T19:44:00.000-06:002012-01-03T14:21:39.325-06:00Epiphany: Three King Magi, The Wise Men<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">n <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Uruguay,</st1:place></st1:country-region> we
do not have a Santa on Christmas day. Well, we did not have one twenty years ago
when I left my country and came to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Maybe there is a Santa now,
but the tradition still stays the same: the children receive their presents in
their “shoes” almost two weeks after Christmas day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">The</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">Twelve Days of
Christmas</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"><span style="float: none;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">are the festive days beginning</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Christmas
Day</span><span style="float: none;">. </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">This period is also known as</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Christmastide</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"><span style="float: none;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">and Twelvetide.
The</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Twelfth Night</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"><span style="float: none;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">of Christmas is
always on the fifth evening of January.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> The </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">Twelfth Night is
followed by the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Feast of the Epiphany</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">.</span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"> “Dia de los
Tres Reyes Magos" or “Three</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> Kings Day</span>”,</span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"> celebrated
on January the sixth, is called Epiphany, meaning manifestation of the divinity of
Christ to the gentiles to all the ancient peoples who followed Christianity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The custom of putting shoes on the eve of the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Twelfth
Night</span><span style="float: none;">, or</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> the first day of Epiphany,</span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"> started in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In some countries, a child puts shoes instead of stockings. But
there are other Latin American countries like Argentina or <st1:place w:st="on">Puerto
Rico</st1:place> that leave grass for the camels in the shoe boxes and the Three
Kings leave their presents in said boxes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><em><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; font-style: normal;">According to legend...</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"><span style="float: none;"> </span></span></span><em><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; font-style: normal;">two playmates of the child Jesus were sorry to see him barefoot because of the poverty of his family, and they decided to give him his own pair of shoes. The children
wanted them to be as clean as possible, so they washed their shoes, and left them on the balcony at night to let them dry, b</span></em><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">ut the next day the shoes were discovered to be filled with gifts and sweets
as a reward for their good intentions.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"><span style="float: none;"> </span></span></span><em><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; font-style: normal;">The Magi that had been there that night had repaid for the compassion of the two
children with candies and goodies.</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"><span style="float: none;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Bleeding Cowboys';"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">"The
Three Kings" poem <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bleeding Cowboys';"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">by
Michael J. Urbonas<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bleeding Cowboys';"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Over
the desert,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bleeding Cowboys';"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Led by
the Star,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bleeding Cowboys';"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Traveled
three holy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bleeding Cowboys';"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Kings
from afar.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bleeding Cowboys';"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Weary
and long the<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bleeding Cowboys';"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Way
was for them,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bethlehem</st1:place></st1:city>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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God-Child,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and Joseph<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the three wise men<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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adored<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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heavenly King,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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their most precious</span></span></div>
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to earth from<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">While preparing the Christmas decorations, my eldest daughter, with much care, started putting the Three Kings, or the Wise Men, in the Nativity set and she was totally
surprised when I told her: “No, don’t do that. Wait. Is not time yet to
put them up; they need to arrive after Jesus is born."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: windowtext;">We opened our Bible to Matthew 2 since it is the only
Gospel that has reference to this episode in the Life of our Savior. At the
time that we were looking at that scripture, I told them how </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e00;">I remembered that when I was little, my grandmother did not put the baby Jesus
in the manger until Dec 25</span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e00;">th. </sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e00;">Here in Memphis I have had the opportunity to work
with some Mexicans and they had kept the baby Jesus completely covered and without
clothes until Christmas day.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">1</span></sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="float: none;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: red;">After</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Jesus</span> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: red;">was born</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">in <st1:city w:st="on">Bethlehem</st1:city> in <st1:place w:st="on">Judea</st1:place>,
during the time of King Herod, </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Magi</span>
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">from the east came to Jerusalem</span></span><b><sup id="en-NIV-23172"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">2</span></sup></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="float: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">and asked,
“Where is the one who</span> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: red;">has
been born</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">king of the Jews? We saw
his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”</span></span></span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: windowtext;">As you see it says 'After Jesus</span><span style="color: red;"> was born'.</span><span style="color: windowtext;"> All the
verbs are in past and they knew the King was born already.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">The <b>Magi </b>are popularly referred to as</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"><b>Wise Men</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">and</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> <b>K</b></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"><b>ings</b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">. The word</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">magi</span></i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">is the plural of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Latin</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">magus</span></i></b><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">,</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> borrowed from</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Greek</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">magos</span></i><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">,</span></span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">as used in the
original Greek text of the Gospel of Matthew. Greek</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">magos</span></i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">itself is derived
from</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> the religious caste into which</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Zoroaster</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">was born. </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">As part of their religion, these
priests paid particular attention to the stars, and had an international
reputation for</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">astrology<span class="apple-style-span">, which was at that time highly regarded as a science.
Their religious practices and use of astrology caused derivatives of the term</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Magi</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">to be
applied to the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>occult<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">in
general and led to the English term</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>magic<span class="apple-style-span">.</span></b><span class="apple-style-span"> Translated in the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>King James Version<span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></b><span class="apple-style-span">as</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>wise
men</b><span class="apple-style-span"><i>,</i> the same translation is applied to
the wise men led by</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Daniel<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">of
earlier Hebrew Scriptures (</span>Daniel 2:48<span class="apple-style-span">). <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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same word is given as</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">sorcerer</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">and</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">sorcery</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">when describing </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">"</span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Elymas</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">the
sorcerer" in</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">Acts 13:6–11<span class="apple-style-span">, and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Simon Magus<span class="apple-style-span">, considered</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> a</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">heretic</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext;">b</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">y the early Church, in</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Acts 8:9–13<span class="apple-style-span">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Why are they called Wise Men? </span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Because, as said above, magi were priests, serving an ancient priesthood, astrologers, interpreters of dreams, and government officials who had the authority to elect the Parthian king. In the context of the times, because they served these roles and had such amazing knowledge of mysteries as these, they were considered to be the scholars of the day.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span">“Most Jews admired the Magi
of the east. This was not only because of their former association with the
prophet Daniel, but also because they were not idolaters. Though the Magi
believed that the power of the deity was manifested in the natural elements of
fire, water, air and earth, these Gentile priests did not set up material
images in recognition of him. They were, in one way of looking at it, Gentiles
who were leaning toward monotheistic belief”. (</span><i>The Encyclopedia of
Religion and Ethics,</i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="float: none;"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">art. Zoroastrianism,
XII.862–868.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Isaiah 60:1-7 is a prophecy
of the wise men since it speaks of kings coming to "the brightness of your
rising" (60:3) and gifts of "gold and frankincense" (60:6).
Others have viewed Psalm 72:10 as referring to the magi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: blue;">“Where is the one who has
been born king of the Jews?</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: red;">We saw his star </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: blue;">when it rose and have come to worship him.”</span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span">"The key reason that took
the Magi to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:place></st1:city>
was</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">'his star.'</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="float: none;"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">What
star or heavenly body could this have been? As for the years of 5 and 4 B.C.
there was nothing of astronomical importance that would have impressed anyone
to journey to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:place></st1:city>.
But in 3 and 2 B.C the whole heavens burst forth with astronomical signs and
wondrous displays. It may well be, that the celestial occurrences in this
latter period of time were the very ones that prompted the Magi to go to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:place></st1:city>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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aspect with other celestial bodies. The Magi were so impressed that they made
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with costly gifts to present to the new king. After hearing their account, King
Herod and all <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:place></st1:city>
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they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen
when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child
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was clearly supernatural. For, according to Matthew 2:9, the star moved ahead
of them until it was directly over the house where Jesus was and then stopped.</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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coming</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: red;">to the house</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">, </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: blue;">they
saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him.</span></span></span></span></div>
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Biblical information to direct us:</span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">From Luke (2:21) we know that Jesus was circumcised
at eight days old and from Luke 2:22-24, that when the forty days days of Mary's
"uncleanness" had passed (Leviticus 12:14) when they presented Jesus,
their first born son in the temple in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:city></st1:place>,
according to God's Law (Exodus 13:2) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: blue;">16</span></sup></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: blue;"><span style="float: none;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: blue;">When
Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he
gave orders to kill all the boys in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bethlehem</st1:place></st1:city>
and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time
he had learned from the Magi.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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the star (Matthew 2:7) and on this basis later killed all of the male children
in Bethlehem, age two and under (Matthew 2:16).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and
his mother and escape to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Egypt</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill
him.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Egypt</st1:place></st1:country-region>, <b><sup>15</sup></b> where
he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said
through the prophet: “Out of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Egypt</st1:place></st1:country-region>
I called my son.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> The Wise Men
came during the reign of King Herod, who died in 4 BC so Jesus was between 41
days and 2 years old when the magi arrived. The magi had to have come after
Jesus' presentation in the temple, that is, after Jesus was 40 days old. Why?
Because, Matthew's Gospel tells us that after the magi departed, an angel
warned Joseph to flee to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Egypt</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
since Herod would seek to kill Jesus. According to Scripture, Joseph left that
very night and went to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Egypt</st1:place></st1:country-region>
(Matthew 2:13-15). This would have left no time or opportunity for the presentation in
the temple, which we know happened. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Are you putting gifts out for the family?</span></span> <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Where did Epiphany gift giving come from? If we go back to the first Christmas story when God sent Jesus to earth, we know that Jesus was given three gifts by the three wise men or Magi, which serve as the inspiration for our entire Christmas gift giving today.</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br /><br /><span class="apple-style-span">The Magi (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> the plural of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">magus) </span><span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">offered Jesus with gold, frankincense and myrrh. These gifts were prophetic for they spoke of our Lord us </span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="boldredtitle" style="background-color: white;">King, Priest, and Savior</span><span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 14pt;">So the Wise Men came to Jesus with presents after his Birthday but they were not late. You are not late to give the most precious
gift to Jesus: your heart.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 14pt;">If you have not done it yet, it is like a Christmas Party gift. Be “Wise" today. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Many people do not know is that the Epiphany marks the end of the true Twelve Days of </span><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxthookspan" id="itxthook1w0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; bottom: auto; display: inline; float: none; left: auto; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; top: auto;">Christmas<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">, maybe you want to check the rest of the story.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;">Maria P</span></span></div>Prayer Workshophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453400313600213467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025593705332917822.post-52406401061224917212011-12-10T12:38:00.001-06:002012-01-03T11:01:53.178-06:00Christmas: Messianic Prophecies about Jesus' Birth<br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">The messianic prophecies about
Jesus' birth: the location, the way, and time of his birth, about his
genealogy, and about events which were to occur at the time of his birth, all
these are a very good idea to create a devotional and a time of Prayer for
Christmas. <o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">A
quantity of the more beautiful and astounding proclamations about the Messiah
in the Old Testament are those concerning His ancestry. Opposite to what
some might say, there are very precise prophecies about this, each of which
Jesus fulfilled. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">From
the first one that we can find in: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Genesis
3:15</span></b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your
offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will
bruise his heel.”</span><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">
This is taken by many as one of the initial Messianic prophecies unfolding
Satan’s short triumph over Messiah and Messiah’s final victory over Satan.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>Galatians 4:4</b></span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7025593705332917822" name="4"><b><sup><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">4</span></sup></b></a><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">But when
the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born
under the law,<b><sup> 4</sup></b>But when the fullness of the time came, God
sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law)
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">The
Bible makes note of numerous other aspects of the worldly lineage the Messiah
will come from. In<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Genesis
12:3, God is making a promise to Abraham about the preeminence his children
will have over the earth and says,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">“In you will all of the families
of the earth be blessed.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">This is customary as a pronouncement
that the Messiah would descend from Abraham as Messiah is the foundation of all
true blessings. From Isaac, son of Abraham, to Jacob, son of Isaac<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and to Judah, son of Jacob (or <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>)
to us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">In
the Book of Matthew, the first chapter accounts of the life of Jesus by
describing His lineage as coming from Abraham to Isaac to Jacob to Judah and so
on. Luke tells us Jesus’ ancestry Luke 3:33-34.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">Paul
in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Romans 1:3-4 </span></b>says <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7025593705332917822" name="2"><b><sup>2</sup></b></a>which
he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7025593705332917822" name="3"><b><sup>3</sup></b></a>concerning
his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, <b><sup>4</sup></b>who
was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of
holiness, by the resurrection from <i>the
dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">Paul
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">grew up in the sect
of the Pharisees</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"> .</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">The</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad;">Mishnah</span>
(</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">"repetition”
the first major written redaction of the Jewish oral traditions called the
"Oral Torah")</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">
</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">and the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud" title="Talmud"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad;">Talmud</span></a></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">, (</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">instruction,
learning","teach, study" , a central text of mainstream Judaism.
It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law,
ethics, philosophy, customs and history). </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"> As a
Pharisee, he was devoted to theological issues. These texts are concerned
primarily with interpretations of Jewish law, and anecdotes about the sages and
their values, </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">which
in his time destined that he had a strong knowledge and understanding of the
Old Testament. For him to claim Jesus as the foretold Messiah was no
small admission. The Jewish leaders, his ex-companions, were<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>very</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>clear on Paul’s position; they
repeatedly tried to kill him for it <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 12pt;">Isaiah predicted
the virgin birth of Jesus and His Name<span style="color: red;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #339966;">Isaiah 7:14 Amplified Bible </span></span><span style="color: #3366cc; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<b><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">14</span></sup></b><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the young
woman who is unmarried and a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall
call his name Immanuel [God with us</span><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">].<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">6</span></sup></b><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government
shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father [of Eternity], Prince of Peace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><sup><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">7</span></sup></b><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">Of the increase of His government and of peace there shall be no
end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to
uphold it with justice and with righteousness from the [latter] time forth,
even forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 12pt;">The Messiah would be born in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bethlehem</st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 12pt;"> <b><sup>1</sup></b>NOW GATHER yourself
in troops, O daughter of troops; a state of siege has been placed against us.
They shall smite the ruler of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>
with a rod (a scepter) on the cheek.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><sup>2</sup></b>But you, Bethlehem
Ephratah, you are little to be among the clans of Judah; [yet] out of you shall
One come forth for Me Who is to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have
been from of old, from ancient days (eternity).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 12pt;">The Messiah would come from the tribe of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Judah</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #339966; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">Genesis 49:10</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"><br />
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</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: red; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">The scepter will not
depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes
to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 12pt;">The Messiah would be a descendant of King David<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #339966; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">Jeremiah 23:5:</span></b><span style="color: #339966; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"><br />
</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: red; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">"The days are
coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up to David a
righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in
the land</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #222222; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">A couple year ago </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">Martha Tennison **</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">visited our church in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Memphis</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">TN</st1:state></st1:place>
and she spoke about Jesus in every book of the Bible. She is a little lady,
but could "<i>rock</i> your socks" my teens girls said.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #222222; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">Good idea is to pray and Honor Him as HE is.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: small;">John 8:58</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"> </span><sup><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 9pt;">58</span></sup><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">Jesus answered,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>“I tell you the truth, before Abraham
was even born, I A<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">m</span>!</span><sup><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 8pt;">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%208:58&version=NLT#fen-NLT-26404a" title="See footnote a"><span style="color: #651300;">a</span></a>]</span></sup><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Or</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">before
Abraham was even born, I have always been alive;</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Greek reads</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">before
Abraham was, I am.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">See Exodus 3:14.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #222222; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"> Maybe you can try to
remember a few, 5 lines every day and sing together the whole song in Christmas Day! <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">In Genesis, He’s
the breath of life<br />
In Exodus, the Passover Lamb<br />
In Leviticus, He’s our High Priest<br />
Numbers, The fire by night<br />
Deuteronomy, He’s Moses’ voice<br />
In Joshua, He is salvation’s choice<br />
Judges, law giver<br />
In Ruth, the kinsmen-redeemer<br />
First and second Samuel, our trusted prophet<br />
In Kings and Chronicles, He’s sovereign<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">Ezra, true and
faithful scribe<br />
Nehemiah, He’s the re-builder of broken walls and lives<br />
In Esther, He’s Mordecai’s courage<br />
In Job, the timeless redeemer<br />
In Psalms, He is our morning song<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">In Proverbs,
wisdom’s cry<br />
Ecclesiastes, the time and season<br />
In the Song of Solomon, He is the lover’s dream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">He is, He is, HE
IS!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">In Isaiah, He’s
Prince of Peace<br />
Jeremiah, the weeping prophet<br />
In Lamentations, the cry for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region><br />
Ezekiel, He’s the call from sin<br />
In Daniel, the stranger in the fire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">In Hosea, He is
forever faithful<br />
In Joel, He’s the Spirits power<br />
In Amos, the arms that carry us<br />
In Obadiah, He’s the Lord our Savior<br />
In Jonah, He’s the great missionary<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">In Micah, the
promise of peace<br />
In Nahum, He is our strength and our shield<br />
In Habakkuk and Zephaniah, He’s pleading for revival<br />
In Haggai, He restores a lost heritage<br />
In Zechariah, our fountain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">In Malachi, He is
the son of righteousness rising with healing in His wings<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">He is, He is, HE
IS!<br />
In Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, He is God, Man, Messiah<br />
In the book of Acts, He is fire from heaven<br />
In Romans, He’s the grace of God<br />
In Corinthians, the power of love<br />
In Galatians, He is freedom from the curse of sin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">Ephesians, our
glorious treasure<br />
Philippians, the servants heart<br />
In Colossians, He’s the Godhead Trinity<br />
Thessalonians, our coming King<br />
In Timothy, Titus, Philemon He’s our mediator and our faithful Pastor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">In Hebrews, the
everlasting covenant<br />
In James, the one who heals the sick.<br />
In First and Second Peter, he is our Shepherd<br />
In John and in Jude, He is the lover coming for His bride<br />
In the Revelation, He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">He is, He is, HE
IS!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';">The prince of
peace<br />
The Son of man<br />
The Lamb of God<br />
The great I AM<br />
He’s the alpha and omega<br />
Our God and our Savior<br />
He is Jesus Christ the Lord<br />
and when time is no more<br />
He is, HE IS!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 9pt;">By
</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT'; font-size: 10pt;">Aaron Jeffrey</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The history of Christmas is old than 2011 years</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Futura Lt BT';"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttS7FH8X4n4&feature=player_embedded#!" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttS7FH8X4n4&feature=player_embedded#!</a></span></div>
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<b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">It's just a little Christmas treat,</span></span></b></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">but also, did you know?</span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><b style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">so pure and freely given</span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><b style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> that we might spend eternity</span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><b style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">with our Lord in heaven</span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">It's shape is the crook of the Shepherd </span></b></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b>One of the first who came. </b></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b>The lively peppermint flavor is </b></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b>The regal gift of spice. </b></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b>The White is Jesus' purity. </b></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b>The Red is sacrifice. </b></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b>The narrow stripes are friendship. </b></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b>And the nearness of his love. </b></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b>Eternal, Sweet Compassion </b></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b>A gift from God above. </b></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b>The Candy Cane reminds us all </b></span></b></span></div>
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My two-year old granddaughter, Gabriella, loves candy canes. This year she is big enough to sit with her aunts and her older, five-year sister. She is now big enough to listen to the Candy Cane Story. What can I say? She is old enough to listen and sit at the table, and does not eat them all, just a few... Victoria, who has Down Syndrome, is twelve years old now and she doesn't like sweets at all, but she sits with them too because she likes to place the candy canes in a long line.</div>
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At the same time, we adorn some of them and use them to decorate the cookie plates that the girls will deliver to the neighbors. How my kitchen looks like after they bake is another story.</div>
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This is a great moment to share some candy cane poems, but the most important thing is the symbol of Jesus Christ, and the legend of the candy that is so easy to find in the supermarket. </div>
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After we finish the story, every one needs to say something special about Jesus and how sweet His Name is. Some Jewish traditions are when the child is about to start his education in the Torah, a taste of honey was given to the student so that he would associate the study of the holy books with sweetness. “How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” (Psalm 119:103).<br />
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The legend said that a candy maker in Indiana
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<span style="color: black;">In one way, it looks like a "J" for Jesus, meaning Savior, because He
was meant to "save His people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). Turned the
other way, the candy cane reminds us of the shepherd's staff. The first people to
hear of Christ's birth were shepherds guarding their flocks at night (Luke 2:8-20). Jesus called Himself the Good Shepherd, the One who is searching for his lost sheep, feeding them,
gently leading them, (Psalm 23; John 10:1-18; Isaiah 40:11; Jeremiah 31:10; Micah 5:4; Hebrew 13:20).</span></div>
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reminds us that Jesus is our rock of refuge (Deuteronomy 32:4, 15, 18; 1 Samuel 2:2; 2 Samuel 22:32, 47; 23:3; Psalm 18:2, 31; 28:1; 92:15; 94:22; 95:1; Isaiah 44:8). Rocks not only reminds us of the solidness of the promises of Christ who is a precious
cornerstone and sure foundation to those who follow Him, but of a "stone of
stumbling and a rock of offense" to those who reject His gift of peace (1
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sinless life of Christ (Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:34-35). We are also made as pure as the
snow through the cleansing action of His blood (Revelation 7:9, 14; Isaiah 1:18).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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three small red stripes to remind us of the soldiers' stripes by which we are
healed and a larger stripe which represents the blood shed by Christ on
Calvary's tree (Isaiah 53:5; Matthew t 27:32-50).<o:p></o:p></div>
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peppermint flavor is similar to hyssop. In Old Testament times, hyssop was
associated with purification and sacrifice. During the first Passover
celebrations, bundles of hyssop were also used to sprinkle blood on. Peppermint
reminds us that Jesus is our Passover Lamb (1 Corinthians5:7). His blood cleanses us
from sin and destroys the power of death (Hosea 13:14; 1 Corinthians 15:54-57; Hebrew 2:14-15; Revelation 20:6).<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Luke 1:5-56 through 2:1-20. Invite your friends and neighbors to be a part of
and plan a play. You will be surprised how much your grandchildren and children
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your family and read Matthew 2,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">the only one </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">to
mention the Wise Men ( The Magi) . They came "from the east" to
worship the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Christ, "born</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">King
of the Jews". Even though the story does not tell how many they were, the
three gifts lead to a wide account that they were three as well.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Their identification as kings in later Christian
writings is probably connected to Psalms 72:11,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">“May
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for the family?</span></span> <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Where did Christmas gift giving come from? If we
go back to the first Christmas story when God sent Jesus to earth, we know that Jesus was given three gifts by the three wise men or Magi, which serve as
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<span class="apple-style-span">The Magi (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> the plural of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">magus) </span><span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">offered Jesus with gold, frankincense and
myrrh. These gifts were prophetic for they spoke of our Lord us </span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="boldredtitle" style="background-color: white;">King,
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for this resin likely comes from incense of Franks is also known as olibanum,
which is derived from the Arabic al-lub ("the milk") a reference to
the milky sap tapped from the Boswellia tree. Today we call it incense. Ancient
people burned frankincense, believing it to take their prayers to heaven. Its
use as incense <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">shows </span></span> His role as our</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="boldredtitle">Priest</span><span class="apple-style-span">.</span><br />
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a resin produced by a small, tough, tree that rises in desert of
North Africa and the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><span class="apple-style-span">Red Sea</span></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span">. Myrrh is an Arabic word for bitter, and it is
considered a wound healer because of its strong .But its most distinguished use
to them was that of an preservative used in Egyptian mummies as an embalming balm.
It signified that He was born to </span><span class="boldredtitle">die</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">for the humankind.
In fact, Myrrh was one of the burial spices of Jesus when you read John 19:39. </span></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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the food distribution. If your church does not have one, find one in your
neighborhood that have one. Visit Nursery Homes or Hospitals and share the Christmas story
with them. Be part of the coat give away.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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in front of me. You could see that the storm was very close. But the real storm
was inside of me. A few minutes before my manager had just told us that the
company would move to Nashville TN. The office here in Memphis would be
closed in a couple of months.</span></b></span><b> </b><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">This would be the third time I would run out of
work in less than one year. No job again. Unexpectedly to my right hand
appeared a rainbow. I thought to myself, “Thank You, Lord, for your promises."<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><sup>33</sup></b><b>I have told you these
things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world
you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good
cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the
world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What powerful words of encouragement, support
we have in Jesus our savior and Lord. He conquered the world for me and for
you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">He said in Psalm 46:1 that He is </span></b></span><b><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/machanak_4267.htm"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">ma·</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">ḥ</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">ă·nāq</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> (</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">machseh</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> ) our hope, our place of refuge, our
shelter and our trust.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I know maybe my situation is nothing compared with yours, but He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Trust Him.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Run onto Him and he will “lock” you in His hands,
put you under his winds and deliver you for any situation. </span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We are not alone, FEAR NOT. </span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When you are praying today, do this exercise to improve your spiritual
muscles. Praise our God that is our Refuge that has built a wall of protection
with His own Blood.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oops... I did not mention when I turned on the radio, His presence filled the car and He wiped my tears.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">♫</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">♪</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">♫</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">God will make a way</span></span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="float: none;">Where there seems to be no way</span></span></span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="float: none;">He works in ways we cannot see</span></span></span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="float: none;">He will make a way for me</span> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">♪</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">♫</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">♪</span></span> (Don Moen)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Keep your Christian music in your car, its better than cash.)</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Coolvetica Rg'; font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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