tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2256999190463529002024-03-12T18:46:29.112-07:00Through the Bible in PoetryTake a Devotional Journey through the Bible in PoetryGeorge Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.comBlogger288125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-55206398452802080692023-03-13T14:07:00.007-07:002023-03-13T14:08:30.184-07:00Stand Strong! Prove You Belong!<p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>If you profess to belong to God, you won't think it strange at all<p></p><p style="text-align: center;">When spiritual darkness comes to see if it can make you fall.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">When there comes a devilish attack and our flesh would tremble in fright,</p><p style="text-align: center;">We do not fear, nor pull back, but trust in the Savior's might.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">God's Word to us boldly proclaims, <i>"Stand Strong and see His salvation."</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>We place our hope in His holy name, the God of all creation.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">Stand strong, dear friend, prove you belong! Do not wilt in the face of the test.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Pray and trust; keep your faith strong; He will save the oppressed.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">It only takes a single command, one small word from our King.</p><p style="text-align: center;">For we are His bride; He cares for us, His Spirit our promise ring.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Christ will never abandon His church, the bride for whom He died,</p><p style="text-align: center;">The church for whom He laid down His life, for us He was crucified.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Stand strong! Prove you belong! Trust Him hour by hour.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Put on the armor, wield the sword; kept by His mighty power.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Stand strong! Prove you belong! Be a witness to angels above.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Make your life speak to those below of the Savior the One we love.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Uploading: 70543 of 70543 bytes uploaded." border="0" class="placeholder" height="240" id="0be17d8916a5e" src="https://www.blogger.com/img/transparent.gif" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; background-image: url('https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/i/materialiconsextended/insert_photo/v6/grey600-24dp/1x/baseline_insert_photo_grey600_24dp.png'); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; opacity: 0.6;" width="320" /></div><br /> <p></p>George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-49943409125150783742018-07-31T13:06:00.002-07:002018-07-31T13:06:25.937-07:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Please God...</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">God, don’t let me be a pampered prince<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Whose face will twist and body wince,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Whenever You call for earthly expense;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Who spouts an excuse in his defense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Please God, don’t let me be like this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t let me be an empty cup<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Spirit never could fill up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Too lazy to take my Kingdom place<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Content to sit and fill this space.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Please God, don’t let me be like this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t let me be a stubborn child<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Fooled by Satan, my mind beguiled<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">With temporal false values of this world,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Who never got his flag unfurled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Please God, don’t let me be like this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t let me be a greedy dolt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">As unruly as a headstrong colt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Thinking only of me, yes me, me, me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A totally selfish, unfruitful tree.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Please God, don’t let me be like this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t let me be a busy bee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Without time to commune with thee;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Too busy to serve the King of Kings<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Pursuing a heap of material things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Please God, don’t let me be like this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t let me be a fickle fellow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">With character like a bowl of jello<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Wishy then washy, then undecided,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Never decisive, always misguided.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Please God, don’t let me be like this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Please let me be a faithful servant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">My heart in tune, my spirit fervent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">To use my gifts for Christ my King<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">All of myself to Him I bring.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Please God, please let me be like this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">There are some words I long to hear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">O that they will fall on my ear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“Well done, thou servant, enter thy rest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Come join all who passed the test.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Please God, let me hear this!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">© Copyright 2018 George M. Cuff, All Rights Reserved</span></div>
George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-89141865239619936532016-12-05T21:58:00.000-08:002016-12-05T22:01:15.588-08:00 A Christmas Poem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>A Christmas Poem</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Our Savior wasn't received
as a King <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">That very first Christmas
morn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">No elegant robes, only
homemade clothes <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The infant’s body adorned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">No fame, no trumpet, no
grand speech,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">No hint that He the world
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">No one noble anointed his
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<br /></div>
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contained within<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Filled with Glory, Truth,
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enduring great pain, each breath diminished,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Wrapped in a shroud from toe
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abandoned the grave. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He lives today and forevermore,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Salvation once lost has been
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Eternal life, purpose and
joy,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fear of death now destroyed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Christ alone gives new life,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hope for heaven and absence
from strife.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It was He who healed my
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Assured me of heaven and a
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">When you think of Christmas this
year<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Consider Christ whose life
so dear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Was given to bring salvation
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">That the promise of heaven
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">© Copyright 2016 George M. Cuff, All Rights Reserved<o:p></o:p></span></div>
George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-14403564402926595522016-10-25T09:43:00.004-07:002016-10-25T11:04:11.465-07:00Acts 2 – Part 3 – The Remarkable Early Church - Acts 2:32-33, 37-47<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <u>Acts 2:32-33, 37-47</u></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Peter
powerfully preached that day of our Lord’s divinity,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The
nature of God and man infused, second person of the Trinity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Resurrected
and ascended to heaven, He sits with the Father enthroned,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">No one
else can be our redeemer. Only He alone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Their
hearts pierced, the people cried out, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Brothers
what can we do?”</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">We have earnestly heard your
message, and we know it’s true.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“Repent of your sin,”</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Peter said, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“be baptized in His name.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Declare to all your salvation;
allegiance to Christ proclaim.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“Save yourself from your futile
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">How does
an infant church behave when thousands come in a day?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">What do
they do? How are they taught? Where do they meet to pray?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">They met
in the temple courtyard by day and in their homes by night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Through
teaching, prayer and fellowship, many came to the Light.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A sense
of awe came over them because of the Spirit’s presence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">It didn’t
matter one’s social class: ruler, slave or peasant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Every day
in the temple grounds the apostles were present to teach<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Every
night in loving homes hungry new souls were reached.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Souls
were saved, bodies healed, and marriages going under.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">No one
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Always
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
energy empowering the church came from our Savior’s love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Every
believer was renewed in the image of Christ above.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">They
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This is
what the church <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">should</i> be. Please
note what God would do:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">He would
add daily to His kingdom as the message breaks through.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">What
would happen if our lives cared far more deeply for others?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Could it
be that God would give us many new sisters and brothers?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">There is
in this record an element of truth that cannot be denied:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We would
win more souls to Christ if to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">our</i>
will we died.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">If we
will live fully for Christ alone; open our heart and abode,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Acts 2:14-24</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Peter
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The Spirit
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“These men are not drunk as you
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">This is the message Joel wrote
about, the day men are reborn.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">In the last days, God has said,
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">It heralds salvation for all men
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The prophet Joel wrote of a time when
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Of men and women saved and filled by
the One who can satisfy.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">It ought to be clear these folks
are not drunk but praising God on high<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Declaring His wonders in dialects
each of you recognize.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">In the last days implausible
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">What you see and hear today is
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Our God has promised to send the
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">There will be signs in future days
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A darkened sun, a blood-red moon,
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">People of Israel, listen up! God
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">His Son, Jesus, gave His life to
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">You heard the truth, observed His
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The earth shook, the sun was dark;
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Our Lord’s death was God’s great
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">God has raised Him from the dead.
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sinless perfection, our daily
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We rise to new life, His grace
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This is
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">If you
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">You’ll
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">When you
say “yes” to our loving God; experience a spiritual rebirth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Hebrew feasts embody a message to Jew and Christian alike.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">These
national feasts are meticulous types of the life of Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Just as
Jews prepared a lamb to be their Passover meal,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">So Christ
became “The Lamb of God,” salvation’s holy seal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Feast
of First Fruits, which celebrated the harvest’s first selection,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fulfilled by our Lord in His bodily resurrection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">He is the
first fruit of God’s plan, the author of our salvation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Because
He rose, His church will too, for that glorious celebration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Because
this feast always takes place fifty days after the cross,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">It became
known to the saints as the Day of Pentecost.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Christ
would send the Holy Spirit to transform body and mind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Coming
not <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">upon</i> a man but <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">indwelling</i> him full time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">His band
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Suddenly
the Spirit descended to fill these vessels of clay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">There was
the sound of a mighty wind heard by neighbors around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">As they
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Languages
from far-away regions of the Kingdom of Rome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">They were
declaring the wonderful things God had already done<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Praising
the greatness of our God and His glorious Son.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">But
others in the crowd that day said, “Here is what we think.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">These
folks you see babbling away have had too much to drink.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I suppose
those shallow observers left with shaking heads<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Unaware
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
message true, our battle cry, is that the Spirit has come;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Come to
indwell and sanctify, to make His people one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">He is the
source of spiritual power, of consecrating grace;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">He it is
who enables us to reflect our Savior’s face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jesus had
told them all to wait for the Father’s promise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Empowering
us to fulfill His will, to motivate and to calm us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Father gave the Son to die to pay the debt we owe,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Spirit comes to indwell and guide, enabling us to be whole.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">How we
need the Spirit of God to make His home in our heart!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">How we
need Him to lead and guide, His truth to us impart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Over and
over and over again we seek to be filled with His Spirit</span><br />
<span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt;">As we
proclaim God’s loving grace to everyone who will hear it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Dr. Luke
is the author of Acts, a fine historian he,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Traveling
with the Apostle Paul on his ministry journeys.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">An
erudite and scholarly man, a doctor by trained profession,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Dr. Luke
was profoundly led after his saving confession.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">He first
wrote the Gospel of Christ, the one that bears his name<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Recording
the life and works of Him who set the world aflame.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">He told
of His birth, His miracles; how His death our sin transcends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">How Jesus
then was raised from the grave, His victory our godsend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The
record complete, the story told, is there more our Lord would do?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">What
remains before He descends this world to judge and renew?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The
answer is found in the Acts account, in history made alive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">With
events of valor chronicled there as believers serve and thrive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">When
Christ arose, He showed Himself for a period of forty days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Proving
He was the Risen Lord, setting their hearts ablaze.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">He spoke
to them of things to come, of ministry activism,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Of how the
Spirit will empower in prayerful evangelism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“Do not leave Jerusalem now, wait
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">You cannot effect salvation grace
working in human power.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">John immersed you to signify the
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The Holy Spirit is coming soon to
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“Is this the time to declare
yourself King?”</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">
the disciples said earnestly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">They were
filled with earthly plans, thoughts of insurgency.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">They were
ready to rule with Christ; had dreams of prestige great,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Unaware
of the price they would pay to change a lost world’s fate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">They
couldn’t do it on their own; no human might is sufficient.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">No
preaching ability good enough, no human scheme proficient.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">But the
power flowing from the Spirit is equal to the task;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">God
empowers His servants well to perform just what He asks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“You shall be a witness for me in
Jerusalem and every nation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Boldly proclaiming to all who will
hear the message of salvation.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jerusalem,
Judea, Samaria too and all the regions around<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Were
transformed with joy and peace by this message profound.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">These
first verses inserted here describe it with precision.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Our
journey reveals God’s “good news” in its inspired transmission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">First it
was those within the city, then towns and countryside<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Received
the witness of the redeemed, their soul now satisfied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Never
before and never since has there been such a revolution.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Never
such dramatic change as lost souls found life solution.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Never </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">such</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> opposition was raised from social institutions;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Never
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">All this
and more we will see, I trust I have set the hook,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Open your
Bible and study with me in God’s great textbook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-61717542061060497662016-10-10T14:19:00.001-07:002016-10-10T14:19:15.594-07:00John 21 - Restored to Service<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A third time
Jesus revealed Himself to minister to His friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Clearly the
devil through he had brought their ministry to an end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">But worldly
appearance and God’s good plan often contradict<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Christ would
restore fearful men, these leaders He had handpicked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He found
them fishing just off the shore of the Tiberias Sea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Fishing all
night without a catch, their nets empty as could be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Jesus told
Peter to cast his net on the other side of the boat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">They pulled
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Jesus cooked
the fish that day and served the morning meal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">This third
appearance the Lord had planned His purpose to reveal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">After
breakfast Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love me true?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Peter turned
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Jesus said, “Feed
my lambs” denoting Peter’s life call.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The apostle
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A second
time Jesus repeated, “Simon, do you love me?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Peter
affirmed and Jesus said, “Peter, feed My sheep.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A third time
Jesus said to him, “Is your love for me strong and true?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Peter
replied, “My love is true. You know for certain I do.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Two times
now Peter heard the Lord say, “Peter, Tend My Sheep.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">His spirit broken
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Jesus then said,
“Feed my sheep as I lead you day by day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">No longer
will you do your own thing; I will empower you as you pray.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">All the way
until you die, trust me without reservation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Fulfill the
work given you until your earthly graduation.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Three times
Peter denied the Lord in the throes of intimidation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">How many
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">How thankful
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">About that
time John drew near and Peter asked of him too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He was
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The same is
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">This closes
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George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-73185573376861257702016-10-07T13:40:00.002-07:002016-10-07T13:41:07.187-07:00John 20: Part 2 Jesus and Doubting Thomas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">He showed
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">For the
Spirit of God His power to impart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“As the Father sent Me, so send I
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">What I have done you will do too.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">He
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">To preach
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">All
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">But
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The transformation
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The Word
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">It
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The Bible
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">How glad
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Declaring
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">It won’t
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">To rule
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Those who
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The power
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">God is
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Sin has
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">God, not
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Forgiveness
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Call upon
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">You’ll
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 9.5pt;">© Copyright 2016 George M. Cuff, All Rights Reserved</span><o:p></o:p></div>
George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-71223143340333515132016-10-06T16:55:00.001-07:002016-10-06T16:56:08.850-07:00John 20: The Empty Tomb<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Mary
Magdalene came to the tomb in need of consolation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Only to
find the tomb was empty, a mystery without explanation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">She ran
to Peter and to John her heart in great distress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">“His body is missing,”</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> she exclaimed. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Its location is anyone’s guess.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Both
disciples ran to the tomb; John arrived first to peek,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">But Peter
actually went inside some evidence to seek.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the wrap of linen with spice, the head covering folded neatly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Christ had said He would rise again, they misunderstood completely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Peter and
John just went on home their questions unsatisfied,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">But Mary
remained there at the tomb, her head bowed as she cried.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">She stooped
and looked in the tomb again, saw two angels sitting therein.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Mary must
have wondered just how they arrived and when.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">“Why are you crying?” </span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">the angels asked her anguish
recognized.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">“They took away my Lord somewhere,”
</span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">the dear saint
testified.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">As she
turned to leave the tomb she addressed the gardener nearby,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">“Did you take away my Lord? I came
here to say my goodbyes.” <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">“Mary,” </span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Jesus said right then. Her heart
leaped as she heard Him speak.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">“Teacher,” </span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Mary shouted out, her voice a
joyful screech. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">She desired
to embrace Him tight, never to lose Him again,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Jesus
told her He would soon live in the hearts of all saved men.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">”I have to go to heaven first, but
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I am ascending to my Father, the
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">To
believe in a God who is dead and gone would be fruitless and naïve,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">But the
empty tomb would give them all a reason to believe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">So what are
we to learn from this? What does it show us true?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">It
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Instead
of rejoicing and praising God they hid behind locked doors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Like them
we cower in fear at times, afraid of what might be in store.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">But God
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">So don’t
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">You live in
two opposing worlds: a body and spirit dimension.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This
glorious God whom you serve has might beyond belief;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">He wields
resurrection power to effect your needed relief.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Don’t be
a doubter like Thomas was or hide from your destiny.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Take your
place in the army of God; the world needs you desperately.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This
power of God raised our Lord into the heavenly realms<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Placing
Him over every king, the Captain at the helm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This power
was expressed for all who trust Him as their savior<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Our
message to the world is this: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He is God’s
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George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-6767522292653210362016-10-05T13:23:00.003-07:002016-10-05T13:24:26.842-07:00John 19: The Crucifixion of our Lord<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Just as
Isaac carried the wood for a sacrificial death, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">So Christ
carried His cruel cross to die at man’s behest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Imagine
the wave of pain he felt as the hammer struck the spike<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">That impaled
the healing hands that ministered day and night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Above Him
fastened to the cross a sign read “King of the Jews.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">O what
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">O what a
blessing to Gentiles (we) who were grafted into the tree!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">How we
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Below Him
soldiers, with cold hearts, gambled for his clothes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jaded by
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Understanding
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jesus saw
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">He called
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">These
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Unite in
concert with many more fulfilled in His work on earth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">His
witness sure, its veracity true, His saving work complete,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">He
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">But
coming to the Savior’s cross, they saw He was already dead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Just to
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">For the
Passover Lamb was not to have any bones that were broken.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Exodus,
Numbers and Psalms predict; the Gospels record its fruition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Showing
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Separation
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">By a new life
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THIS life to serve our Lord, to choose our eternal fate,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">To
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George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-34712726451595770632016-10-04T09:49:00.001-07:002016-10-04T10:16:59.856-07:00John 18: Part 3 – The Trial Before Pilate<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The Jews
had decided He must die but needed Roman permission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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law an execution was solely a government mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jews would not enter a Gentile house, Pilate came outside<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">To
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heard their accusations and knew they would not stand,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">He saw
how determined these rulers were to kill an innocent man.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">He
questioned Jesus and it became clear, He was not guilty of sin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Pilate
came forth and declared to the Jews, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I
find no fault in Him.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Pilate
knew he should free the Lord, but as a politician true,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">He
rejected the path of righteousness for the expedient thing to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">He
thought surely he would get by offering Barabbas instead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">But he
misjudged the Jew’s intent to see their savior dead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“If this man you choose to
release, you’re not Caesar’s friend.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Release unto us Barabbas the
thief; take the other to his end.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">With
shouts of passion the Jews cried out, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Away,
away with Him.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Crucify! Crucify! Crucify! was
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<span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">The
soldiers twisted a crown of thorns on his beaten, bloody head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Throwing
a purple robe on Him, this is what they said,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“Hail, hail, all hail to you.
Behold the King of the Jews!”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mocking
the One who made the worlds. What a bunch of fools!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">They
brought Him out wearing the robe beaten, scarred, misused.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Arrogant
men condemned their God so brutally abused.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jew and
Gentile, man and maid, all of them crying aloud<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“Death to Christ, crucify Him” </span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">their sinful heads unbowed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Just what
was it that Jesus did to deserve such evil behavior?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Had he
murdered, robbed a store; abused His next-door neighbor?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">What did
He do except to expose our need for God’s salvation?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Why is it
that we hate to admit the depth of sin’s degradation?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">We much
prefer to fool ourselves ignoring our frequent sin,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Creating
our self-improvement plans to ease the pain within.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">But God
is willing to forgive our sin, has a plan for all of our days,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">A plan
that brings peace and healing within, a plan that will truly amaze.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">What is
required to know this plan, to grasp eternal life?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">We must
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the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the current high priest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">His
influence prevailed in Jewish Law from the greatest to the least.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Annas
questioned Jesus severely about doctrine and His men<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Seeking
earnestly for an excuse the Savior to condemn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Jesus,
knowing his evil intent said, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Why ask a
question like this?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Thousands know what I taught. It’s
very hard to miss.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">One of
the officers standing by slapped Jesus in the face<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">My blood
boils at the thought of such contemptible disgrace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Annas
then sent Him to the High Priest with scribes and elders assembled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The
thought of false witness against the Lord causes me to tremble.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In spite
of their crafty, evil scheme, no credible evidence existed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Finally
in measures quite extreme, two liars were enlisted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The first
one accused Him of sedition, a plot to destroy their traditions;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Jesus
made no defense or admission, giving no deposition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The High
priest asked, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Are you Christ, the
glorious Son of the Blessed?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This
Christ affirmed and the crowd went wild affirming His arrest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The high
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terrible blasphemy!</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">There’s no need for additional
witness. Let Him die in agony!”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">They spit
in His face; then covered His head so that He could not see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Punching
His face they cried out, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Prophesy! Who
is it striking thee?”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">These two
trials went through the night. Jesus was pummeled and scorned.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In order
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Since the
Jews lacked authority in their kangaroo court<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Pilate
would need to order the deed for their scheming not to fall short.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This we
will study in the next poem as we read John’s words.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">How could
Pilate approve their charge so patently absurd?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">How could
it be that man would kill His Creator so callously?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The
answer is His fallen nature marred by sin’s tragedy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">He who
thinks man is inherently good is quite sadly mistaken.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Over and
over and over again, captive he is taken.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">He cannot
control His evil behavior, His love for others grows cold;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">He
rejects his need for a Lord and savior; by selfishness controlled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">He avoids
Bible discussion; these things make him nervous,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">No
thoughts of eternal repercussion, no presence at worship service.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Then the
day of eternity comes; he breathes his very last breath.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">To the
great question of life he succumbs, “What happens after death?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-89226115635229841182016-09-09T13:46:00.003-07:002016-09-09T13:46:26.403-07:00John 18: Part 1 – The Garden of Gethsemane <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">Jesus was
facing a horrible test as He entered the garden that night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">He needed
time to commune with God before He entered the fight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">His inner
circle—the chosen three—accompanied Him there to pray.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">Burdened
to the point of death He needed them there to stay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">“O my Father, if possible, let
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">All must happen not as I want but
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to His friends seeking their help in this time of emotional pain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">Facing
His death He found them asleep weary from all the strain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">So much
like me with good intent, they failed to prevail in prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">In this
time of horrific torment, their comfort was not there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">A second
and then a third time too, Jesus repeated His prayer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">Seeking
endurance for what He would do and the agony He would bear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">Sweat drops
of blood fell from His face; an angel ministered to Him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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arose to endure the cross with its terror so dark and grim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that time Judas arrived with officials and temple guard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">For a
handful of silver the Lord he betrayed, willing His love to discard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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course, with dreams of grandeur, flashed his sword to fight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">He aimed
for the head but sliced off an ear of Malchus on that night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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told Peter to stand down and put his sword back in his belt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">He picked
up the ear and healed the man from the injury he was dealt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">All the
disciples ran away; fear filled their hearts and mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">But Jesus
did not resist arrest; He faced the mission assigned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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next poem we will see the Kangaroo court and trial,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">The terrible
acts of evil man and torture reserved for the vile.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">We will
see the acts of Pilate whose cowardice allowed them to kill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">We will
see all Jesus endured on the way to Golgotha’s hill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">It’s hard
for me to face Christ’s death because of my personal guilt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">My sinful
self would have pierced His heart up to the very hilt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">All of us
who fooled themselves by declaring ourselves sin free<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">Knew
within the depth of our hearts that we were also guilty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">But Jesus
came to pay the price; the Spirit to convict of sin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">We repent
and turn away from the person we had been.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">We place
our trust in Jesus Christ and his sacrifice on the cross.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fellowship with God is restored; we’re free from eternal loss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">And now
we celebrate the cross; without it we are condemned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">No longer
controlled by sin’s impulse; it’s power the Spirit transcends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">A new
creation we have been made transformed in spirit and mind,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">Adopted
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">For all
these things we thank our God and celebrate Calvary<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">There on
the cross salvation was won by the Man from Galilee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">O what
grace was given that day when our redemption was won!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-24454941182552176822016-09-08T12:45:00.002-07:002016-09-08T12:45:48.045-07:00John 17:Part 2 - The Lord’s Prayer for His Disciples<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">O what a
prayer Jesus prayed on that fateful eve</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">For the
disciples given by God whom He soon would leave!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">The Father
in heaven had chosen them; brought them to our Lord,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Who
taught them of eternal life and heaven’s splendid rewards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">This
prayer is a model for all to heed if they would mentor others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Seeking
the Lord is a great need among all sisters and brothers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jesus
sought the Father’s care for these He held so dear <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Knowing
just how they would fare when He was no longer here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">He prayed
for them to live in love retaining their unity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Knowing
the devil’s evil attack would seek opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">“I have taught and kept them true,
except the son of perdition,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Now I commit them unto You to
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">“The world will hate them terribly
just as it hated Me<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">The devil will make them nominees
for pain and hostility.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">I do not ask they be removed from facing
worldly rejection;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">I pray their devotion will
improve, kept by divine protection.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">“Just as I came as an intervention
into this world of sinful men,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">I send them forth to preach
redemption over and over again.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">For this purpose I gave my life,
put on the nature of man,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Paying the price of reclamation
for his salvation plan.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">“They belong to a heavenly kingdom
distinct from this world of sin;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Protect them by your glorious
power, sanctified within.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">I pray the Word of Truth abounds,
their glorious source of light;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">May this wondrous scripture expound
and its truth ignite.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">“As you sent Me, so I send them. As
I leave, they go.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">As I loved them by Your grace, so
Your grace they show.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">No longer do I call them servants;
now I call them friends.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Keep them, Father. This is my
prayer. Now I say amen.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Here is a
final thought to consider in this poetic address:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">This
world today thinks wealth and fame are measures of success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Help us to
see an honest name, unwavering in godly devotion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Is unattached
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George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-83190466866820652732016-09-06T09:46:00.002-07:002016-09-06T10:07:30.602-07:00John 17:1-5: The Lord’s Prayer for Mankind: Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Do you
know why Jesus came to earth,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Why He
added the nature of man?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">How sin’s
stain became man’s dearth;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Without a
salvation plan?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">All of
creation was exposed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">To the
horror of sin’s world entrance?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Thus
deliverance was proposed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">To avoid
an eternal death sentence?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Someone
had to pay the price<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">To bring
about true justice;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Someone
sinless—no lamb would suffice—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">To
satisfy perfect justness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">That
which was planned from the beginning of time,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">To obtain
salvation for man,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The
murder that marks man’ heinous crime,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Was
carefully, craftily planned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Our Lord
was not taken by surprise,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">For He
knew the effects of sin,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">How man
fell from Creator’s design<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">To be
scarred and polluted within.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“Now that the hour has arrived,”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Our Lord
prayed to God above,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“Glorify Me and man revive;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Transform him by Your love.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“Sustain Me by your grace, O God,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Accept my life sacrifice,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Raise me in power from this sod,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">I surrender my earthly life.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jesus
glorified God on earth,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Fulfilling
His mission for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Providing
for man a spiritual birth,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">So what
are you going to do?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Will you
receive Him; believe His Word?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Or will
you just muddle through?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Respond
to the message you have heard,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">To the
provision God made for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The glorious
Creator of time and space<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">So loved
His highest creation,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">He came
to take our deserving place<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">To save
us from condemnation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Do you
not see this truth so clear?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">His death
provides salvation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Your
greatest decision on this sphere<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Is to
accept its consummation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">His death
is sufficient for the soul<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Who will
believe and acquiesce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Oh place
your life in His control!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">It’s the
key to spiritual rest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-33158078281593997882016-09-05T11:40:00.004-07:002016-09-05T11:40:55.686-07:00John 15:1-16: Connected to the Vine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Every
vineyard must be pruned if it would bear much fruit,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Cared for
by the Garden Master from leaf to bud to shoot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jesus is
the fruitful vine, the Father its caretaker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">We are
the branches carefully dressed by the divine Creator.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Every
branch should bear fruit, for that is the master plan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">The
season for bearing spiritual fruit is this earthly lifespan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">The
healthy branch sends forth grace enabling fruit to grow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">This is
how our life work has spiritual fruit to show.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">The
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">It is carefully
pruned and further refined or its fruit will never be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">These
times of pruning are for our good, cutting the dross away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Thus
enabling the very best fruit to thrive until harvest day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">God has a
pattern revealed here about the fruit-bearing process:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Fruit</span></u><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;"> to <u>more fruit</u> is first
ascribed and then by <u>much fruit</u> explained.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">The final
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Bearing
fruit honors the Father; brings glory to our savior.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">How sad
when believers do not bother to think about their behavior.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">If you
think little of stewarding your life here on planet earth,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">You call
into question the validity of a genuine spiritual birth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Here’s
how you grow into fruitfulness: Live in the Father’s love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you know we believers are in a war? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Our enemy is vicious, not one to ignore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In order to triumph in this test, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Let’s check out the manual to dress for success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We buckle on the belt of truth;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Works best if we wear it from our youth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The breastplate of righteousness does its part <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Providing protection to the heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fitted with peace, our feet are ready <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">To stand strong in battle or stand steady.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The shield of faith provides protection <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">When arrows are fired from every direction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Our minds we protect from evil temptation <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">By putting on the helmet of salvation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We pick up the fearsome Sword of the Spirit <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So lethal to demons they won’t come near it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This is how we dress each day, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">But before we head out, we stop to pray.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We exalt our God with prayers and praises <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Trusting His guidance in all its phases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">There’s coming a day when we’ll battle no more, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">But until then we fight in this war.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The armor, the weapons and giving of thanks <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Help us defeat the enemy’s ranks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So get up tomorrow; be ready to fight, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Put on the armor; go forth in God’s might.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Soon our Lord will call us up higher, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">But the devil will land in the Lake of Fire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jesus had
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Judas
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Triune
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt;">Created
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt;">©
Copyright 2016 George M. Cuff, All Rights Reserved</span><o:p></o:p></div>
George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-9862200083236081472016-09-01T07:10:00.005-07:002016-09-01T07:10:55.292-07:00John 13:34-35: A New Command<div class="MsoNormal">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">will know that you are My
disciples, if you have love for one another." <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Here is
counsel to be observed, a directive not always followed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">For when
the flesh rises up within, we find it difficult to swallow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">But we
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">We live
by faith in the Spirit’s might as believers Spirit-filled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jesus
commands that we love others in the manner He loves us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">This is
more than a lofty goal to ponder and discuss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">There is
a clear identity for those who follow the Lord:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
manner in which they live with others certainly strikes a chord.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">“A new commandment,”</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Jesus said, so this is not a
suggestion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Deciding
whether to love your brother is not open to reflection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">“I give to you,” </span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">is His word. It seems to be quite
explicit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s a
command for every believer; be sure you do not miss it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">“As I have loved you,” </span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">is the example given by Christ
quite clear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">If we
would truly follow our Lord, love must be always near.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">“By this all will know,” </span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jesus said,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “that you are my disciples.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Loving is
more than a platitude uttered in endless cycles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">How are
you doing in the manner you follow this command?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Have you
surrendered your attitude to be guided by His hand?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">The proof
of godly love and life is not how you sing and shout.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s whether
the grace of God flows in and how His love flows out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-155050554816630612016-08-31T11:49:00.003-07:002016-08-31T11:49:32.904-07:00John 14: How to Go to Heaven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
thought of Jesus going away was unsettling beyond belief.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jesus
spoke to comfort their hearts, to give them needed relief.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">“You believe in God,”</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> the Lord reminded, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Believe also in Me.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Remember
all I’ve said and done, and the blind and lame set free.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">“My Father has many beautiful
mansions; He has one for you.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">If this were not so, I would tell
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">I have to go soon unto My Father.
It will feel like you’re left behind,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">But I will come again for you at
precisely the right time.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">“I am going to prepare a place for
you in the wonder of heaven’s glory.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">In the interim proclaim to the
world salvation’s wonderful story.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">When the time is right and you
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">I will take you unto Myself with
rewards that won’t fade nor spoil.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">“How can we know where you went,”</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> said Thomas with some doubt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">If others ask us where you went,
what do you want us to say?”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Tell each one that I will show them the
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">“Tell them Thomas, I am the way.
Truthfully there is no other.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Salvation Is won not by good works
nor simply loving your brother.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">No one comes to the Father above
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">I alone am the Mediator, the
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">That, my
friend, is the sum of salvation. Jesus died for our sin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">justice
fulfilled, we can stand forgiven, all because of Him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Man’s
salvation will not come through pastor, prophet or priest;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Nor does
it hail from mystic religion that comes from far away east.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Only one
stands between God and man, His name is Jesus the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Only He
could perform salvation’s plan, man’s spirit to be restored.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">He is the
perfect Lamb of God, unblemished by mankind’s sin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Fully God
and sinless man, salvation is found in Him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Bible
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">We place
our trust in what Jesus gave, not in our earthly campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">We simply
bend our knee to God, confess our sin and shame,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">We trust
Him to guide us on this sod as we rise to live for His name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Bible
says He will flood our mind with salvation’s calm assurance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">His
Spirit comes to live within, His presence our heavenly insurance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Soon we
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">All
because of our wonderful Lord and the saving grace He performed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-65815992200494561262016-08-30T10:43:00.003-07:002016-08-30T10:44:00.220-07:00John 13: Jesus Washes the Feet of His Disciples<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The night
of His betrayal had come; Judas had been corrupted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jesus was
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Knowing
He would soon depart, He sought to prepare His friends<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Loving,
serving, and caring for them to the very end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Though he
knows what Judas will do, He shows him no hostility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Instead
He washes all their feet to demonstrate humility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jesus, the Son of God, wrapped in the flesh of man<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Washing
the feet of the ones He loved with servant heart and hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Peter impulsively
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feet!”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">But there
were instructions in this act, lessons we need to repeat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The first
is about humility and love, for He who is great is small.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Peter may
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">“Wash me all over,” </span></i><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Peter said, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I want to be totally clean.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">All of
our deeds are as filthy rags compared to God’s perfection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Our sincere
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We learn
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">That
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Having
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">He gave
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Only the
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let the washing
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This is
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George Cuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11390198790629154087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225699919046352900.post-1346319092317307562016-08-17T13:49:00.003-07:002016-08-17T13:51:39.147-07:00John 12: Jesus Predicts His Death on the Cross<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground
and dies, it remains alone; <br />but if it dies, it produces much grain</span></i><!--EndFragment--> <i>(John 12:24)</i> </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The
timing here is very clear, just days before Passover feast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The anger
among the Pharisees was intense to say the least.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jesus knew
the time was near, His mission on earth to complete;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Preparing
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Unless a
grain of wheat is planted into the ground and dies,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">It will
not reproduce itself; it will not multiply.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Unredeemed
flesh exalts this life thinking of very few others;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.5pt;">But godly
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do you
embrace the ways of this world or listen for His voice?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Those who
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">But not
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Golgotha resolute in embracing its pain and shame.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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them thought it was rolling thunder; other’s an angel’s cry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">It was
the voice of the Heavenly Father responding to Him then,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Saying, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I have glorified your name and will surely
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for your sake.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The false ruler will be cast out,
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">“But why O Lord, do you have to
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Without Me, you walk in darkness,
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0pt;">If I had
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10pt;">This is
an account totally true but long and complicated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Several
directions I could expound, but on one I have concentrated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">You really
need to read John’s gospel; read it with great care,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">You will
be blessed by the encouragement you will find in there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Now Lazarus
became quite ill; because of the sickness he died.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Martha
knew Jesus could heal had He been at the man’s bedside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Jesus
understanding her pain and the weaknesses of all men <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Said, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I came here to comfort you; Lazarus will
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Martha
thought Jesus meant the great resurrection day,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">But Jesus
already rules over life; no grave could make him stay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Even today
when a loved one dies, his life has not ceased;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">A believer
goes to be with our Lord with no more pain or disease.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Jesus
would do a miracle, but He wanted to comfort dear Mary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">He heard
the agony in her voice and felt the grief she carried.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Deeply
grieving Jesus said, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I loved Him too,
where is he kept?</i>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">When they
took Him to the tomb, He stood before it and wept.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">He wasn’t
weeping primarily to ease the grief within.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">His tears
fell because He felt the consequence of man’s sin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">He, who
was the world’s Creator, who formed it in utter perfection,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Saw how
Satan, God’s great hater, ruined it with sin’s infection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">How he
groaned, troubled within, because of man’s sin affliction;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The way he
covers his slavery to sin with elaborate pious tradition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The world
doesn’t need more Pharisees or man-made liturgy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">It needs repentance,
from guilt set free, God’s spiritual energy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This is
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Jesus
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">That’s
when Jesus lifted his voice unto the Father above.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">He prayed
to God to minister for the sake of those He loved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I once
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">That’s
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Lazarus
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">O how the
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Many
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">As he
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Soon we
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The shepherd
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">They become
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He loves and
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He leads
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The sheep
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He leads to
pasture where they feed and drink along the shore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Jesus used
this illustration as He taught them so well each day,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">But Israel
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">So Jesus
speaks here even more clearly; He tells us He is the door.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He is the
entrance to salvation; we, the sheep He died for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He who is
saved acknowledges truth and places His trust in Christ,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The perfect,
sinless Son of God who became our sacrifice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">There were
many who had come before, various national leaders,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Evil,
selfish users of others, undeniable bottom feeders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">These false
shepherds didn’t care about the people they led.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">They saw
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">But there is
a thief who would steal your soul; Satan is his name,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Deception,
destruction, murder his goal, subterfuge his game.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The future
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">An endless
confinement of wretched woe in the fires of hell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">But there is
no reason for that to be, for Jesus laid down His life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The Lamb of
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He died to
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He is the
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Who scatters
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">But Jesus
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Faithful and
True, the Soon-coming King, the ever-solid Rock.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">There was
yet some very good news they would fathom later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Jesus
referred to another flock to which He would be the Savior.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">He was referring
to His church, which would come in a very few years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Salvation
for all, preached by Paul, and affirmed by apostle peers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Oh how this
passage confronts my soul, a good shepherd I long to be:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">To teach
God’s Word, share God’s hope; help others do better than me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">In this
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">But oh what
a faithful savior we have, a shepherd to love and trust.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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