“To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens!  Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until He is gracious to us.. 

“Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious to us, for we are greatly filled with contempt. 

“For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near. 

Otherwise, would they not \have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had consciousness of sins?

“Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31

“The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: …

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Please pray for the people of The Philippines.  A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck.  Over 70 people dead at this point.  Rescue workers working around the clock to save people.  Please pray for Isaias and Judith Catorce. – who sent an urgent email. Please take time to read it and support them in prayer and however God lays on your heart:…

“Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.  But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” II Cor 3:18

“As a result,”…

“With what shall I come to the Lord and bow myself before the God on high?  Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves? 

“Does the Lord take delight in thousands of rams, in then thousand rivers of oil?  Shall I present my firstborn for my rebellious acts, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”…

“But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labour among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction, and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work.  Live in peace with one another. 

“We urge you, brethren, admonish…

“Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, ‘Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?  Now gird up your loins like a man, and I will ask you, and you instruct Me! …

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Jesus taught His disciples on the night he was betrayed:

“’Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.  In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.  If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and…

[Jesus teaching] “’You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.’ 

“’But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says…

“Then the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, ‘I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. 

If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will…

“Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem.  And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 

He did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.  In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them….

“And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.  Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to …

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“For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.  For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die.  But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  Much more then, having now been…

“Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him.  Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she…

“And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain – for He says, ‘At the acceptable time I listened to you, and on the day of salvation I helped you.’  Behold, now is ‘the acceptable time, ‘ behold, now is ‘the day of salvation’ – giving no cause for…

“In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

and He who searches the hearts and knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.  And we know that…

“Then the Lord said to me, ‘Take for yourself a large tablet and write on it in ordinary letters:  Swift is the booty, speedy is the prey.  And I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, Uriah, the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.’  So I approached the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. 

“Then the Lord said to me,…

“I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire; and he had in his hand a little book which was open….

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“Seek the Lord while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near.  Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

“’For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are…