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Fervent Prayer
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. – James 5:16 (KJV) I opened my mail today from World Vision and saw it was regarding the current COVID19 crisis and ways they are involved in helping the…
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Troubled Hearts
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive…
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Refuge
God is our refuge and strength,A very present help in trouble.Therefore we will* not fear, though the earth do change,And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. Selah – Psalm 46:1-3 *I grew up reading the NIV (New…
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The Lord is my Shepherd
23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no…
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Share
“Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.” – Luke 3:11 And anyone who has two rolls of toilet paper… 😉
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Keep Warm and Well Fed
Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace: keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? – James 2:16 And I would add: Or just says, “I’ll pray for you. Take care.” when…
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Desire Equality
Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality, as it is written: “The one who gathered too…
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Joy Instead of Fear
You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, because they could not bear what was commanded:…
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The Law of Faith
…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood – to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness,…