I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. - John 15:5
And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. - Mark 4:35
...weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. - Psalms 30:5b
...strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. - Matthew 7:14
...And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. - Genesis 1:2b
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. - Psalms 23:1-2
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"A self surrendered in the silence of His presence is a soul at peace in Him who reclaimed it! The earth and its burdens no
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To journey where no mortal may go: This Is Prayer!"
Excerpt from: Proofs of Growing In Grace. 1. Less temptation to focus on troubles or talk about them to others... 2. Less temptation to resent and retaliate when insulted or abused... 3. Joy under crosses, disappointment, and severe pain...
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Delivered in 1964 in support of Sen Barry Goldwater for President
It is said by many, even Reagan himself, this speech defined Reagan's future political career, identifying him as a serious voice to be heard. He euphemistically referred to this speech as "The Speech", indicating his recognition of it being a turning point in his life's beliefs that would later guide him in his endeavors.
It is a speech that resounds in our generation today. Listen carefully, then, read the article at right, "Who Will Say "No More" to the Current Madness?", by Victor Davis Hansen.Read: A Time for Choosing Speech, October 27, 1964
Shocking Finding: Two-thirds (67%) of pre-teen parents claim to be Christian, but only 2% of all pre-teen parents actually possess a biblical worldview...
American Values Personal Survey
Poll: American Majority Wants Congress to Pass Pro-Life Protections
Downward Trend Who Say Same-Sex Relations Morally Acceptable
Satan, The Father Of Lies
Battle For America's Soul
Ligonier Ministries' Biennial Study of The State Of American Theology
Among the Shocking findings are -
1. "31% of adults say it is very important for their religious faith to influence every dimension of their life."
2. "49% accept reincarnation as a possibility after they die."
Just one question: If, if this is true then why do our politicians and those who do their bidding in the media possess the spirit of antichrist—an anti-Christian spirit that treats others with such hostility, disrespect and mean-spirited? Why is the state of our country so godless and in an advanced state of decay and decline?
Something is grossly immoral and amiss!
Consider this from 3 of our founding fathers:
Benjamin Franklin - Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
Jedidiah Morse - Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government - and all blessings which flow from them - must fall with them.
John Adams - Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
This may help to answer some of your questions as to our current national state of affairs. The honest student of history knows this to be true. Also read:
Fourteen major American cities are part of a globalist climate organization known as the "C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group," which has an "ambitious target" by the year 2030 of '0 kg [of] meat consumption," "0 kg [of] dairy consumption," "3 new clothing items per person per year," "0 private vehicles" owned, and "1 short-haul return flight (less than 1500 km) every 3 years per person."
This is designed to: 1) destroy the cohesiveness of societies thus making them much easier to control, and 2) reduce the world population by 90+ per cent. Read their Agenda 2030 Plan, in their own words. Most people still don't know how much more, much more, their lives are going to drastically change in the next 6+ yrs.
Read: The Future Of Urban Consumption In A 1.5°C WorldPresident Obama's Commitment to Global Development - Published: September 27, 2015
Who Will Say No More to the Current Madness?
American Churches Are Eerily Silent When the Country Needs Them Most
We Must Pivot or Perish
Here are two key videos that represent the pivotal time the world finds itself in once again in the course of human history. Jesus warned us the time before His return would be as it was in the days of Noah, before the first cataclysmic event of the flood. It was a time of such evil only one man and his household acknowledged God in all his ways.
To the intellectually honest person one has to admit God is rapidly being driven from the ways of men once again. How far down this path we have strayed is mere speculation but if Biblical history teaches us anything the teachings found in Paul's writing to the Romans who had become so decadent and godless must be carefully considered as a warning to us today. It would be wise for one to read this Biblical red flag before it is too late for us. (Romans 1)
To Donald J. Trump and all who aspire to lead as long as you surround yourselves with and support those such as below our country will never heal. There must be a clean break with those who are corrupt and speak from the deceit of their hearts. No longer are they cloaked in the collective darkness of their deeds (John 3:19-21). The people finally see. Now we must act if we are to live free, not as our lustful hearts' desire but as a Godly people once again. As Christians we are compelled to stop cowering before this godless generation and live boldly in our faith in Him.
There was a time not too long ago when being a "statesman" was an aspirational goal for those who sought to lead. It was a time when, if the course of events led us to the dark boundaries of fair play and common Godly sense in our public affairs, a single voice from one well-suited to speak would rise above the clamor of all and do so with an authority that would bring us together for the good of the nation. We would be led away from such threatening times. In this late hour, from France, the world has its first. It awaits for the next.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
All these arethe beginning of sorrows.
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Many years ago someone much wiser than me said something that has remained with me to this day. It was something that created within me a keen interest to discover its truth for myself. And so my search began. At first, with my limited education in theology and religious history, it was very hard for me to believe. But the more I researched and studied, the stark reality of his words proved true:
Christianity, the church, has always prospered amid persecution.
This was his thesis. This was his belief. It became mine. The overwhelming historical evidence bore it out.
The reason for my early dismissal seemed logical--that the church should thrive in times of great prosperity. And indeed it does if one only looks outwardly. We live in an age of such great ingenuity, industrial spirit and technological advancement only a sage or prophet could have foreseen the degree of the nation's future greatness. As welcomed as technology and science have been, unfortunately, they have overtaken and become the new religion. Our leaders, both secular and religious, have sacrificed us on the altar of their technocratic secular material shrine. Modernism has given way to a now
post-modern world.
"In a postmodern world, truth and reality are understood to be individually shaped by personal history, social class, gender, culture, and religion. These factors, we are told, combine to shape the narratives and meanings of our lives. In this sense they are culturally embedded, localized social constructions without any universal application. Postmoderns are suspicious of people who make universal truth claims. Such claims of universal meaning are viewed as imperialistic efforts to marginalize and oppress the rights of others. The most important value of postmodernity is the inadmissibility of all totalizing ways of viewing any dimension of life. Postmodernity, as a worldview, refuses to allow any single defining source for truth and reality. The new emphasis is on difference, plurality and selective forms of tolerance."
This had its subtle beginnings. The enlightened sophisticated secularists began chipping away at Christianity's long-held Biblical beliefs and its central place within America's communities, seeking to project its on secular view of the world and matters related to creation—i.e., abortion, redefining marriage, gender identity, etc.—not to mention their incessant search for life on some distant planet in another galaxy. Just one question, if there is, doesn't one think it would have been found by now, or, we would have been found?
Anyway, a new priesthood emerged, rewriting the order and every facet of society and culture. They decided if they could not defeat the churches on doctrine and Biblical truth they would co-opt it institutionally. They would challenge Christianity on the relevance of its ancient beliefs—no longer in vogue, they declared. How could a religion so ancient be relevant among a people so advanced and sophisticated than our predecessors?, they spouted. And these are the post-modern preachers (typically young) now leading many churches. For more than two centuries now, America has enjoyed its freedom of religion it fought so bravely to win. Millions have come to a new country founded on the belief no state should involve itself in matters and decisions that solely lie within its churches' institutions. Only an intellectually dishonest person would deny that our roots as a free country had its beginnings steeped in the faith of Christianity—with the Bible as its road map. Either that or they have not read one single document penned by many of our founding fathers. Agreed, some of our early fathers were not Christian themselves. Of those who weren't, the book many, Christian and non-Christian alike, most quoted was the Bible. Note the religious affiliation of those who signed the Declaration of Independence. In the beginning, many of the colonies did try to establish a central state church based on the faith of the majority of its colony. However, this effort gave way to the framers of our national constitution who wisely objected to such an effort that would have divided our country from the very beginning. Holding to the motive that most held who escaped countries that did enforce a strict state religion, they very carefully crafted a document that would prohibit this from ever happening in this new world they were beginning to carve out for themselves and future generations. Thankfully, they were successful. The individual would be free to worship or not to worship as their conscience dictated.[1] Having experienced persecution for their faith and practice in the Old World, the early pioneers were very sensitive to the desire that all immigrants had to escape tyranny as well. Although the framework of our new government largely developed from the principles and teachings of the predominately Judeo-Christian population, laws were enacted to protect the individual's rights to worship or choose not to worship as their own conscience dictated. These principles were not only heavily rooted in the moral teachings of the Judeo-Christina faith, the newly emerging work ethic, also derived from Biblical teachings, lay the foundation for our nation to prosper as it grew from infancy into the engine of industry and science it is today.
The following is taken from the Book, Adam2: A Guide For The Walk Home, written by our founder.
It is A Commentary On The Gospel Of John, complete with a background look at the contemporary Jewish groups active in Jesus' day.
It includes a summary of each chapter, a redacted study of each disciple, a brief study of Gnosticism of the time, pertinent timelines,
and much more. Each chapter of study includes extensive Biblical references to the notes on the chapter.
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We begin this month with the Preface to the book: Adam2.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of
life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake;
in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. And the Lord God said,
Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden
Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. (Genesis 1,2, & 3 KJV - Redacted)
Unpermitted to carry with him even one day's provision when he walked through the closing gate of the Garden into a new hostile world, one cannot help but wonder if, as Lot's wife, this first Adam did not look longingly over his shoulder at a sealed and vanishing home of cherished memories. If he did, then he had to have seen a lonely
Figure standing in the doorway in the distance in heart-broken agony, just as the prodigal's father, watching the departure of a loved son lost through his own desires—and with the expectant look of a hope to see him someday return. And if this errant son had looked closer, he would have seen standing beside this Father another Son, a Second Adam yet to be born,
One who would later enter this fallen world outside that Garden to show the first Adam's descendants the way to this Eternal Home's hidden entrance.
As recorded in Genesis, the drama of the origin and fall of that first Adam had just concluded in unparalleled tragedy. But John tells us there is a sequel to that sad story, one that begins with his Gospel and concludes in triumph with his final chapter called Revelation. What lies between the end of that first story and its final conclusion
is a mere parenthetical expression of Adam and his sons' wayward wanderings and this Father's Introduction to His grandsons. And so John begins, as did the first, "In the Beginning," and proceeds to introduce the Earthly Coming of God's Second Son, this time as His Only Begotten. Born to a virgin granddaughter of the woman He fashioned from the first,
He has come to walk the dusty and lonely trails of a fallen planet for one purpose—to search out and tell Adam's descendants they must be born through Him to see clearly Eden's opening, and by their own choice, choose to re-enter it, or remain in the darkness of a doomed world. This is John's story, as God chose him to tell it.
There are so many things in life that are uncertain—important things. This may itself be a time of uncertainty for you.
Understanding, you think, if I could just understand it wouldn't seem so bad. We think if we could see just a silhouette of
what might be, today would not seem so dark. Strength fails us. Weariness adds its weight daily to my soul. Anxiety strikes
and seizes me frequently without warning. I do not understand what is happening with me. How long? When, when shall my
deliverance be when life seems so uncertain now?
There are times when we have exited the clouds of uncertainty only to discover some things we are glad we had no prior knowledge,
things that if known would have clouded and weighed our minds even further. But still, there are some things we desire desperately
to know—now: answers to long sought objects of our tearful prayers or the way clear of a present cloud or storm.
It could be the sting of a betrayed loyalty, love, or friendship, fear of an impending loss or a time of great chaos, confusion and upheaval.
We believe having prior knowledge or some understanding of how it may eventually be with us would mitigate our present anxiety thus
allowing some joy, any joy, in our current dark days. God does not generally give us the choice of that knowledge.
However, one thing we can know is that while we can't see, He can. While we can't control the outcome, He does...
When we come to the end of our logic and reason, all the advice of family and friends, read the last chapter in the latest
best seller self-help book, we have to turn to the One from whom all things came. If anyone is to understand, it must be Him
("So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." - Romans 10:17). One of the things He tells us is
that we are to "walk by faith and not by sight." (II Corinthians 5:7) "For ye are all the
children of God by faith in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:26) "Now faith is the substance
of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1)
"Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which
are seen were not made of things which do appear." (Hebrews 11:3) "That the trial of your faith, being much more
precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the
appearing of Jesus Christ:" (I Peter 1:7)
It is clear in these few examples of His Word, God does not have to look to "things that are" for solutions for "things to be."
To have been an observer when He brought "all things" into existence from "no thing", we would stand with mouth agape in stark disbelief.
Who among ten thousand would not say: Impossible! I saw it but I still don't believe it! Regardless of your belief, there it is!
The evidence of that event and fact remains. It is undisputed by modern scientists—that moment when matter exploded into
existence and continues to expand and form in wonder and awe. Look about you. New discoveries of what once was thought, impossible!
continue to delight us. But, you retort: I don't see how! Precisely! Now, isn't that where you are in your present uncertainty?
You don't see how? You've exhausted all reason from the best wisdom of men.
The following is taken from the Book of Old Testament Summaries.
Chapter
(970 B.C.?)
The song of songs, Solomon's. The bride desires and describes the kiss of her love, better than wine,
drawn to run together, later to be brought into his chambers. She describes herself with humility: black but comely,
because of her duties in life. Her soul desires the presence of her love. She finds him by his flock.
He expresses a comparison of her and his compassion for her. She responds in kind: he, a cluster of camphire.
He then compliments her: fair with dove's eyes. She is euphoric in his presence in their surroundings,
lying with him on the grass under the cedar and fir.
She expresses her humility—a rose of Sharon. He replies: "a lily among thorns." She compares him to an apple tree,
she in its shadow. She is brought to a banquet, honored with his banner of love. She swoons, upheld by the hand of his strength,
caressed by the other. Love to awaken in its own strength without outside interference. She awakens; he comes to her as a roe.
He calls for her to come away; winter has past, spring comes. She recognizes and requests the removal of the "little foxes"
that would eat away at their mutual devotion. She declares her betrothal: she his, he hers. Her night temporal, their day everlasting.
She dreams upon her bed while she waits for him to come to her in the night. She searches for him in the city,
encountered by the watchmen, discovering him shortly. She clings to him, bringing him to her mother's house.
Love again awakens in its own strength. The people are awed and astonished at the regal arrival of the king's procession,
his attendants, his carriage, and his nuptial crown.
The king's sevenfold description of his bride, his spouse (the veil now gone, seeing her face).
He calls her from the desires of her past to the affection of her present and future with him,
for she has ravished his heart with her love. To him she is a garden, enclosed, secured for him alone,
with many treasures to be enjoyed, a fountain of gardens with living waters. She appeals to the gentle
winds to blow upon her gardens that he, smelling her fragrances, come into his garden to partake of its fruits.
He comes, gathers, eats, and drinks at her banquet. The banquet is opened to his friends. She sleeps, but dreams again.
He comes to her chamber in the night seeking admittance; she hesitates, he calls, she rises, he pleads, she opens, he is gone!
She goes in search, again encountered by the watchmen, only to be smitten and humiliated. She is sick with his love.
She seeks assistance from the daughters of Jerusalem; they want to know of him. She gives them his description; he is
not only her husband, but her friend as well!
The virgins ask her of his haunts that they might help in her search. She suspects him to have gone to his gardens
to feed and gather his lilies. She discovers him; he is glad, no rebuke, only overcome by her love, unchanged in his opinion of her,
impressed in her hunt for him. He sees in her the grace and beauty of the dance of two companies.
WEF Official Calls for AI to Re-Write the Bible 'Correctly'
"In a few years, there might be religions that are actually correct … just think about a religion whose holy book is written by an AI. That could be a reality in a few years," states WEF advisor Yuval Noah Harari, "a homosexual, Israeli author and historian who holds mostly to atheistic beliefs in spirituality," - Charismamag.com.
Charlatan And False Teacher Rick Warren Of Saddleback Church Continues His "Woke" Anti-Christian Agenda
"We [Saddleback churches] don't need the Southern Baptist Convention. They need the 6,000 purpose-driven churches that are in the Southern Baptist Convention in our fellowship, but we don't need the Convention. It would be for the benefit of others, not for us." - Rick Warren speaking to his latest attempt to coerce the SBC to accept women for ordination and church positions.
To The Visitor Who Is Broken & Searching...
Take a quiet moment and listen...
To the cast down and disheartened, stop and remember the joy of the beginning of your new birth. Remember, there is no battle you face that He has not already fought and overcome. The victory is yours. Embrace it.
Featured Sermon
The Judgments of Almighty God - 8/12/1984
Jude 1:6-15: And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
See The Avenue Of Prayer As Being Littered With Defeated Discarded Distractions And How They Diminish In The Progress Of Your Heavenly Ascent... Read More
In the beginning, your physical senses will be stronger, giving greater access to unwanted distractions, but as you ascend,
your flesh will diminish in its hold on the spirit, and God's heavenly pull will draw you into His Presence. All thoughts of
earthly cares will have vanished, to remain behind, as the spirit is propelled to escape all earth's attractions. Spirit to Spirit,
yours and His, in Holy Communion, as intended from the Beginning! But in time, the body will rise from its slumber, beckon,
and the spirit will return as the senses stir to regain control, bringing you back to the reality of your present earthly state of
being—like returning to your vocation after a well-enjoyed vacation. But there will come another time!
THIS IS PRAYER!
To Steal Away On A Heavenly Holiday! If Only For A Moment, Before The Body Detects You Are Away And Calls You Back Under The Power Of Its Sway.
AND SO PRAY:
"Father, catch me up quickly, as I steal away secretly, before I have to return sadly to wait again for another time."
Lo, I hear the voice of my Beloved! He speaks to me! Fair weather is smiling upon the face of the earth, and He would not have me spiritually asleep while nature is all around me awaking from her winter's rest... Read More
He bids me "Rise up," and well He may, for I have long enough been lying among the pots of worldliness. He is risen, I am risen in Him, why then should I cleave unto the dust? From lower loves, desires, pursuits, and aspirations, I would rise towards Him. He calls me by the sweet title of "My love," and counts me fair; this is a good argument for my rising. If He has thus exalted me, and thinks me thus comely, how can I linger in the tents of Kedar and find congenial associates among the sons of men? He bids me "Come away." Further and further from everything selfish, grovelling, worldly, sinful, He calls me; yea, from the outwardly religious world which knows Him not, and has no sympathy with the mystery of the higher life, He calls me. "Come away" has no harsh sound in it to my ear, for what is there to hold me in this wilderness of vanity and sin? O my Lord, would that I could come away, but I am taken among the thorns, and cannot escape from them as I would. I would, if it were possible, have neither eyes, nor ears, nor heart for sin. Thou callest me to Thyself by saying "Come away," and this is a melodious call indeed. To come to Thee is to come home from exile, to come to land out of the raging storm, to come to rest after long labour, to come to the goal of my desires and the summit of my wishes. But Lord, how can a stone rise, how can a lump of clay come away from the horrible pit? O raise me, draw me. Thy grace can do it. Send forth Thy Holy Spirit to kindle sacred flames of love in my heart, and I will continue to rise until I leave life and time behind me, and indeed come away.
The Nicene Creed is the most widely accepted and used brief
statements of the Christian Faith. In liturgical churches, it is said every Sunday as part of the Liturgy. It is Common Ground
to East Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Calvinists, and many other Christian groups. Many groups that do not
have a tradition of using it in their services nevertheless are committed to the doctrines it teaches.... Read More
(Someone may ask, "What about the Apostles' Creed?" Traditionally, in the West, the Apostles' Creed is used at Baptisms, and the Nicene Creed at the
Eucharist (aka the Mass, the Liturgy, the Lord's Supper, or the Holy Communion). The East uses only the Nicene Creed.)
I here present the Nicene Creed in two English translations, The first is the traditional one, in use with minor variations since 1549,
The second is a modern version, that of The Interdenominational Committee on Liturgical Texts. Notes and comment by me follow...
Test your New Testament IQ. Take a timed New Testament test consisting of 50 questions. You can also download a printable
version of the test to use offline in any way you desire. Example...
The consequences of the magnitude of such a broad scale world-wide implementation of a "new church model" cannot be ignored. It must be examined by the serious Bible student and Christian! It must be looked at in light of Bible prophecy. We must heed the warnings of both Jesus' own words when He walked the earth and those inspired by the Holy Spirit written later for our advantage in alertness of end-time events and trends. Not to do so would be perilous. So, I have prayerfully written 5 articles on this demonic phenonemonen with hopes they will help you to understand how serious this modern attack is on the true church of Christ - Articles on the Modern Church.
21st Century Book Burning
The book burners are back.
No, they do not raid libraries, higher educations of learning, private homes, churches or anywhere else the censors of their predecessors' day may have arbitrarily chosen to target. Today, they sit in seats of power in the federal, state and local governments.
They also sit in the upper offices of high-rises with a view. They can be found in all major tech companies, print publications, TV, radio and every platform of social media.
They come in all stripes.
They dress in $10,000 Brioni suits. They drive $5 million Bugatti Divo sports cars. They lobby congress for continued immunity from those who would hold them accountable for the out-of-control policies and practices they gradually have instituted which now affect everyone's everyday life. What a life we have given them!
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I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. - John 15:5
And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. - Mark 4:35
...weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. - Psalms 30:5b
...strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. - Matthew 7:14
...And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. - Genesis 1:2b
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. - Psalms 23:1-2
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