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 Praise God ,everybody! Applaud God, all people! His Love has taken over our lives; God's faithful ways are eternal. Hallelujah Eugene H. Peterson Because of YOU

 Dear God, God-of-the-Angel-Armies,  Thank you that you're a strong God, a warrior God, a God who battles     for my heart and mind,        for my economic interests and my personal decisions,             for my family and friends.  Thank you that you tolerate no rivals,     no allegiances that are alien to you or antagonistic to you.        jealous to be the centre of my life,              without competition.  Help me to love you with all my passion, all my prayer, all my muscle, and all my       intelligence.  If there is some area of my life that you need to judge,       please reveal it to me now so I might repent of it           and restore you to the centre of my life, where you rightly belong. Eugene H. Peterson Because of YOU

 Behind the facade of our big egos we constantly do hide And pride of five letters is only that just pride And some will even tell you pride comes before a fall From life we have been learning from before we learned to crawl, The thing we refer to as pride not easily understood A little pride is necessary but too much pride not good Pride can lead to big egos and snobbish self conceit A truly humble person is one you don't often meet The self opinionated and self conceited never known to be rare Those who promote their egos in the bigger World out there From the seeds of a big ego success is often grown A humble quiet achiever is one I have not known A little pride is necessary and self esteem okay But too much pride can lead to arrogance and that seems sad to say. Francis Duggan Share My Bread

 You who sit down in the High       God's presence spend the night in Shaddai's shadow, say this: "Gods, you're my refuge. I trust in you and I'm safe!" That's right-he rescues you from hidden traps, shields you from deadly hazards. His huge outstretched arms protect you- under them you're perfectly safe; his arms fend off all harm. Fear nothing-not wild wolves in the night, not flying arrows in the day, Not disease that prowls through the  darkness, not disaster that erupts at high noon. Even though others succumb all around, drop like flies right and left, no harm will ever graze you. You'll stand untouched, watch it all from a distance, watch the wicked turn into corpses. Yes, because GOD'S your refuge, the High God your very home, Evil can't get close to you, harm can't get through the door. He ordered his angels to guard you wherever you go. If you stumble they will catch you; their job is to keep you from falling. You'll walk

In the beginning, the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God and the Word was made flesh and the Word dwelt among us the Word of life the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit and His name is called The Word of God Jesus Christ is the living Word Udiah (witness to Yah) The World I Live In

 All are indebted much to thee, But I far more than all, From many a deadly snare set free, And raised from many a fall. Overwhelm me, from above, Daily, with thy boundless love. What bonds of gratitude I feel No language can declare; Beneath the oppressive weight I reel, 'Tis more than I can bear: When shall I that blessing prove, To return thee love for love? Spirit of charity, dispense Thy grace to every heart; Expel all other spirits thence, Drive self from every part; Charity divine, draw nigh, Break the chains in which we lie! All selfish souls, whate'er they feign, Have still a slavish lot; They boast of liberty in vain, Of love, and feel it not. He whose bosom glows with thee, He, and he alone, is free. Oh blessedness, all bliss above, When thy pure fires prevail! Love only teaches what is love: All other lessons fail: We learn its name, but not its powers, Experience only makes it ours. William Cowper The World I Live In