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libearyn · 11 days
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On Nothing Less
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. ~ Romans 15:13 “The most important word in the English language is hope~ Eleanor Roosevelt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f2FXxDVO6wDuring the children’s moment yesterday, our pastor spoke to the children about King David’s prayer to God.  Create in me a clean…
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libearyn · 18 days
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Soon Ah Will Be Done
“Music is such a beautiful innocent thing for me, a magic thing.”                                                               ~ Paul McCartney  Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,                                             ~ Deuteronomy 7:9 I have…
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libearyn · 24 days
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Forgiveness
“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” ~ Paul Boese Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”~ Joshua 1:9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIbCpy0CQEoForgiveness – Matthew West I watched them pitch pennies across the High School Commons.  They taunted the…
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libearyn · 1 month
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Reckless Love
 My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other. No one has seen God, ever. But if we love one another, God dwells deeply within us, and his love becomes complete in us—perfect love!1 John 4:11-12A decision is made with the brain. A commitment is made with the heart. Therefore, a commitment is much deeper and more binding than a decision. ~ Nido QubeinI…
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libearyn · 2 months
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Did You Hear?
“I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. ”                             ~ Abraham LincolnLove does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.                           ~1 Corinthians 13: 6-7 Dear Family and Friends and Friends I haven’t met yet, God is so good.  He…
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libearyn · 2 months
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The Library You Hold
For God’s Word is solid to the core;    everything he makes is sound inside and out.He loves it when everything fits,    when his world is in plumb-line true.Earth is drenched    in God’s affectionate satisfaction.                        ~ Psalm 33:4-5 “When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.”                         ~ Madame Marie de SevigneI love the…
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libearyn · 2 months
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Seeing the Diamonds
“We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.”                              ~ Anton Chekhov  Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”                         ~  Mark 9:35 The Lord Is My Shepherd He sat down.  “Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve”.  What was…
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libearyn · 2 months
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You Put this Love in My Heart
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.                                                     ~ Matthew 7:7-8“During your life, everything you do and everyone you meet rubs off in some way. Some bit of everything you experience stays with…
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libearyn · 2 months
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Praise His Name!
Then Jesus turned to the Jews who had claimed to believe in him. “If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you.”                                                           ~ John 8:31-32“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but…
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libearyn · 3 months
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The God of Angel Armies
Seek good and not evil—    and live!You talk about God, the God-of-the-Angel-Armies,    being your best friend.Well, live like it,    and maybe it will happen.  Hate evil and love good,    then work it out in the public square.Maybe God, the God-of-the-Angel-Armies,    will notice your remnant and be gracious. ~ Amos 5:14-15 “Friendship soothes the soul.”  ~ Baltasar Gracián Whom Shall I…
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libearyn · 3 months
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Longing for Light
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.                                                                         ~ 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Every human mind is a great slumbering power until awakened by a keen desire and by definite resolution to do.”                                                                     ~…
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libearyn · 3 months
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What Can I Give Him?
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,    for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us    in the house of his servant David, as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,                                                                               ~ Luke 1:68-70 “What is Christmas?” It is tenderness for the past, courage for the…
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libearyn · 4 months
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Come, Come Emmanuel
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.[a] ~ Isaiah 7 :14 “Of all the dear sights in the world, nothing is so beautiful as a child when it is giving something. Any small thing it gives.A child gives the world to you. It opens the world to you as if it were a book you’d never been able to read.But when…
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libearyn · 4 months
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Don't Quit
Advent of Hope  Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 (English Standard Version)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JWh0ZWmFWw Encouragement Our Pastor preached a wonderful sermon yesterday.  It was one of encouragement in this world’s current darkness.  I cried when Pastor Rachel…
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libearyn · 4 months
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The Lord Bless You and Keep You
“Now more than ever, I have learned that, when people die, they truly do live throughout those who love them.”                                  ~Caroline KennedyLet the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty…
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libearyn · 4 months
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Thanksgiving Rocks!
But God himself took charge of his people,    took Jacob on as his personal concern. 10-14 He found him out in the wilderness,    in an empty, windswept wasteland.He threw his arms around him, lavished attention on him,    guarding him as the apple of his eye.He was like an eagle hovering over its nest,    overshadowing its young,Then spreading its wings, lifting them into the air,    teaching…
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libearyn · 5 months
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Our Human Words
 It is God’s will that your good lives should silence those who foolishly condemn the Gospel without knowing what it can do for them, having never experienced its power. You are free from the law, but that doesn’t mean you are free to do wrong. Live as those who are free to do only God’s will at all times.                                                           ~ Peter 2: 15-16 “Hawaii has…
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