You Can’t - You Can

You can do it even if you can’t!

You may not be able to do it right now,

But if you’ll do what you can,

You will increase what you can do.

And the more you do,

And continue to do,

And follow through,

The more you’ll be able to do,

Until very soon you be doing,

What you could not do.

That’s just the way it works,

First comes faith, then action,

discipline, dedication and pain

Then joy and gain.

So the Truth is,

You can do it even if you can’t!

So don’t lie to yourself and say “I can’t!”

You may say,

“I could but I don’t really want to” or,

“I could if I would but it’s just easier to be fat and sassy!” or

“I’ve learned to blame so I am lame.

If you’re going to change for the better,

you will need to be honest with yourself,

And stop making excuses.

There is no excuse for making excuses!

http://www.timeslive.co.za/business/careers/article395592.ece/Theres-no-excuse-for-making-excuses

YOU CAN DO IT! IF YOU WILL!

WILL YOU? OR WILL YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE EXCUSES?

Why don’t you just stop and drop the lies and pick up a line of truth for yourself?

Something like an I can chant -

I CAN PREVAIL!

I SHALL PREVAIL!

I WILL PREVAIL!

I CAN PREVAIL!

I SHALL PREVAIL!

I WILL PREVAIL!

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Many things like your mind, your body and your emotions will try to tell you that you can’t. IT”S A LIE!

Because the Truth is that you can even if you can’t. If you will, you shall, prevail. Thinking you wanna quit? GET OVER IT! And just go do what you can do and soon you’ll see what I say is true.

Phil 4:13

13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

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ARISE!

STOP thinking like a LAMB,

and START ACTING like The LION!

CONQUERING! not “just TRYING.”

For THE LION from ZION –

ABIDES WITHIN -

and EMPOWERS you to WIN!

So find the ROAR WITHIN, let the battle begin,

And BECOME the VICTOR NOT the VICTIM –

EVER AGAIN!

Jesus is LORD but He and choose to give Himself as The Lamb for us as a sacrifice. Now to us He is the Great Shepherd and us to Him as sheep. But as the lambs of the LORD we become lions to the enemy. “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”(Col 1:13)

So when we receive Him as LORD He imparts His nature. Not only the nature of the Lamb so that may love as He loves, but also the nature of the Loin so that we can conquer as He conquers.

Jesus has been and is being revealed as The Lamb of sacrifice for salvation. But now He shall be revealed as LORD and Lion. And “as He is, so are we in this world” (I Jn 4:17) We are His ambassadors we have His authority to annihilate the adversary. He is the Head of the church, the Loin of the tribe of Judah and we are His body. So it’s time for us to ARISE in the power of His resurrection, and STOP thinking like a LAMB and start ACTING like the LION!

Eph 1:17-23

17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.

22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

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Gen 22:8a

8 And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering."

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John 1:29

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

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Isa 53:4-7

4 Surely He has borne our griefs

And carried our sorrows;

Yet we esteemed Him stricken,

Smitten by God, and afflicted.

5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,

He was bruised for our iniquities;

The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,

And by His stripes we are healed.

6 All we like sheep have gone astray;

We have turned, every one, to his own way;

And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,

Yet He opened not His mouth;

He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,

And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,

So He opened not His mouth.

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1 Peter 2:23-25

23 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes you were healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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Prov 28:1

28 The wicked flee when no one pursues,

But the righteous are bold as a lion.

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Joel 3:16

16 God roars from Zion, shouts from Jerusalem.

Earth and sky quake in terror…

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Isa 42:13

13 The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;

He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war.

He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud;

He shall prevail against His enemies.

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Isa 42:13

13 The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;

He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war.

He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud;

He shall prevail against His enemies.

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Job 37:1-5

7 "At this also my heart trembles,

And leaps from its place.

2 Hear attentively the thunder of His voice,

And the rumbling that comes from His mouth.

3 He sends it forth under the whole heaven,

His lightning to the ends of the earth.

4 After it a voice roars;

He thunders with His majestic voice,

And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard.

5 God thunders marvelously with His voice;

He does great things which we cannot comprehend.

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Job 37:1-5

7 "My heart trembles at this. 2 Listen, listen to the thunder of his voice. 3 It rolls across the heavens and his lightning flashes out in every direction. 4 Afterwards comes the roaring of the thunder-the tremendous voice of his majesty.

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Job 37:2-5

2 Hear, oh, hear the roar of His voice and the sound of rumbling that goes out of His mouth!

3 Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, and His lightning to the ends of the earth.

4 After it His voice roars; He thunders with the voice of His majesty, and He restrains not [His lightnings against His adversaries] when His voice is heard.

5 God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend.

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Hos 11:10

10 "They shall walk after the Lord.

He will roar like a lion.

When He roars,

Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;

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Hos 11:10

10 They shall walk after the Lord, Who will roar like a lion; He Himself will roar and [His] sons shall come trembling and eagerly from the west.

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Ps 110:2-3

2 The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion.

Rule in the midst of Your enemies!

3 Your people shall be volunteers

In the day of Your power;

In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning,

You have the dew of Your youth.

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Ps 110:2

2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

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Ps 110:2-3

2 The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion;

you will rule in the midst of your enemies.

3 Your troops will be willing

on your day of battle.

Arrayed in holy majesty,

from the womb of the dawn

you will receive the dew of your youth.

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Num 23:24

4 Look, a people rises like a lioness,

And lifts itself up like a lion;

It shall not lie down until it devours the prey,

And drinks the blood of the slain."

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Num 23:24

24 Look, a people rising to its feet, stretching like a lion,

a king-of-the-beasts, aroused,

Unsleeping, unresting until its hunt is over

and it's eaten and drunk its fill.

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1 Chron 12:8

8 Some Gadites joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:

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Rev 5:5

5 But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals."

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Rev 12:10-11

10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

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Rev 17:14

14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.

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Rev 19:11-16

11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:

KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

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Rev 1:5-8

To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.

8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

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1 John 4:17b

…as He is, so are we in this world.

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1 John 3:8b

For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

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John 14:12

12 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.

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Matt 28:18-20

18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

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Luke 10:19-20

19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven."

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Rev 21:22-22:5

22 But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. 24 And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. 25 Its gates shall not be shut at all by day(there shall be no night there). 26 And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 27 But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.

1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. 4 They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. 5 There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.

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WORD

The Word of the Lord is:

Quick and Powerful,

Living and Active,

Like a Fire shut up in my bones,

Like a Hammer that breaks the rock in pieces,

Written upon my mind,

Engraved upon my heart,

By the Spirit of the Almighty within,

My Light, my Love and my Liberty,

My God, my Truth, and I Pray -

my Word, my Way, and my Life.

Ps 45:1

My heart is overflowing with a good theme;

I recite my composition concerning the King;

My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

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2 Cor 3:3

Clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.

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Heb 8:10

… I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

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Jer 20:9

But His word was in my heart like a burning fire

Shut up in my bones;

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Jer 23:9

9 My heart within me is broken

Because of the prophets;

All my bones shake.

I am like a drunken man,

And like a man whom wine has overcome,

Because of the Lord,

And because of His holy words.

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Heb 4:12

12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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Heb 4:12

12 For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective];

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John 6:63

63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

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Matt 4:4

4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"

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Jer 23:29

29 "Is not My word like a fire?" says the Lord,

"And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

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Ezek 11:19-20

19 Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,

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Rom 2:28-29

28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.

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Deut 30:6

And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

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Deut 30:11-14

11 "For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

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John 1:1-18

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said,'He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.'"

16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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John 8:31-32

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

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In Spite of Hell

Please take the time and put forth the effort to encourage others. If encourage is not something that you usually do, should you expect others to encourage you? Everyone needs courage and it’s not hard to do good when you’re filled with God’s Love! It can be as simple as smiling at someone, giving a good word, a kind look or a helping hand. If your heart is pure toward people then they will know it, and be encouraged when you show it. Not because of how they look or don’t look, or for what they have or haven’t done, but because you make them feel, “like someone.” Someone worthy of a moment of your time, even if all you give is a rhyme or dime. People just want to know they matter. “But we’ve all got so much on our platter!” And that’s a perfect reason to give some away, and help someone else have, a better day!

When we love,

we treat people well,

they can tell,

and we do good,

in spite of Hell.

With His Love,

be filled,

to it yield,

and through it,

let the hurt be healed.

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” And “whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord.”

(Gal 6:7, Eph 6:8)

1 John 3:1

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!

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Rom 5:5

5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

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John 13:34-35

34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

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1 John 5:3-4

3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

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Acts 10:38

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

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Rom 12:21

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

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LIVE!

Man shall not live by bread alone,

but every Word that proceeds –

from the Throne.

Don’t toil for things –

to satisfy,

but the Living Bread,

to gratify –

to console your mind,

feed your soul,

fill your heart,

and make you whole.

Matt 4:4b

'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'

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John 6:27

27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him."

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Isa 55:2

2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread,

And your wages for what does not satisfy?

Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,

And let your soul delight itself in abundance.

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John 6:35-36

35 And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

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John 6:63

63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

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Jer 15:16a

16 Your words were found, and I ate them,

And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart;

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Simplicity

Simplicity, singleness, sincerity, Love. KISS

Acts 2:46-47

46 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

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2 Cor 1:12-13

12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.

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2 Cor 11:3

3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

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2 Cor 11:3

3 And now I'm afraid that exactly as the Snake seduced Eve with his smooth patter, you are being lured away from the simple purity of your love for Christ.

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Rom 8:38-39

38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Serene

Today I feel as silent as the snow. Sometimes it’s good to just be quiet and listen.

Ps 46:10

Be still, and know that I am God;

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth!

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Mark 4:39

Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.

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John 14:27

27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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