tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28946774192903879252024-03-14T04:40:32.392-04:00Scraps of GlorySmall pieces of inspirational writings to incite praise and honor to our triune God. Short thoughts about Scriptures, quotes, hymns and poems, and other treasured words. Brief expositions about the challenges of writing for the Lord.Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.comBlogger277125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894677419290387925.post-84885360469433552312015-10-29T21:00:00.002-04:002015-10-29T21:02:39.242-04:00To Be Like Christ Is To Forgive<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let us determine by God’s grace to
forgive, even as we hope to be forgiven. This is the nearest approach we
can make to the mind of Christ Jesus. This is the character which is
most suitable to a poor sinful child of Adam. God’s free forgiveness of
sins is our highest privilege in this world. God’s free forgiveness will
be our only title to eternal life in the world to come. Then let us be
forgiving during the few years that we are here upon earth.</span></span>
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Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894677419290387925.post-24618670596024098542014-06-13T16:51:00.004-04:002014-06-13T16:51:50.019-04:00The Call of a Loving Father<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In <span style="color: maroon;"><strong>2 Corinthians 6:16-18</strong></span>
we read some of the most intimate, caring, and loving aspects of our
relationship with God our Father. Here, our Father calls us out of
darkness to come into His light; He calls us out of uncleanness to come
into His purity; He calls us out of the yoke of bondage to come into His
rest; He calls us out of lawlessness to come into His righteousness; He
calls us out of idolatry to come into His presence; He calls us out of
Satan’s domain to come into union with His Son.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When we respond to His call upon our lives we remove our hands from
all that would defile and our feet from all that would mislead. Instead,
we touch mercy and grace, we seek all that is pure and holy, and we
follow all that is true and good.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hear the call of your loving Father:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I will dwell in you — the Father abides in you.<br />
I will walk with you — the Father goes with you.<br />
I will be your God — the Father provides for you.<br />
You shall be mine — the Father claims you.<br />
I will welcome you — the Father receives you.<br />
I will be a Father to you — the Father nurtures you.<br />
You shall be a son to Me — the Father calls you His own.<br />
You shall be a daughter to Me — the Father calls you His own.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">By <a href="http://www.thoughts-about-god.com/info/lessin_bio.html">Roy Lessin</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Taken from <a href="http://thoughts-about-god.com/blog/2014/06/13/rl_the-call-of-a-loving-father/" target="_blank">Thoughts About God</a>) </span>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894677419290387925.post-69454054105912775512014-05-02T10:45:00.000-04:002014-05-02T10:47:23.735-04:00Bred and Fed by the Word<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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"...strengthen those who pick up the bloody batons these 33
will be forced to release."<br />
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Ohhh, this post gripped and disturbed and inspired many of us who read it. We needed it. Oh how we needed it. Thirty-three North Korean Christians sentenced to death for the "crime" of planting underground churches in that country. The post is <a href="http://loristanleyroeleveld.blogspot.com/2014/03/theyll-be-dead-by-morning-what.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Read it. I implore you, READ it. I cannot explain it to you, if you are a professing follower of Christ, you must read it yourself.<br />
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The above quote is from that blog post. Yes, the batons may be bloody but they WILL be passed on. The bloody batons will keep being passed on because this race will continue and will be finished not until and when the Lord Jesus says it's time for it's completion.And then He will stand victorious and the race will be won. No dictator or radical religious group will be able to bring about an early end to this race; it's up to Jesus as to when the end comes. Until then, these bloody batons will continue to be passed on from runner to runner....<br />
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So our tears will flow for whoever the most current runners are as they have to perhaps end their portion of the race earlier than they'd hoped, but they themselves will enter into their joy. As for now, you can have this whole world, but give me Jesus.Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894677419290387925.post-66998898170933286902014-02-26T16:29:00.004-05:002014-02-26T16:30:42.205-05:00Carry Your Cross<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Sometimes we think our lot is peculiarly hard, and we
compare it withthe lot of this or that other person, and wish we had his
cross instead of our own. But we do not know what other people's
crosses really are. If we did, we might not want to exchange. The cross that
seems woven of flowers, if we put it on our shoulders, we might find
filled with sharp thorns under the flowers! The cross of gold that seems so
bright we would find so heavy that it would crush us! The easiest
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<i>But I trusted in thee, O Lord, I said, Thou art my God. My times are in thy hand</i>. Psalm 31:14-15a.<br />
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This is the portion of the Word the Lord laid on my heart for the start of 2014, so it's this particular verse and a half which was sent to the few people to whom I sent ecards this year. These are precious thoughts to start out with; no they're special <i>truths</i>. Hopefully, we'll all remember as we begin yet another year on this earthly journey that <i>our times are in His hand</i>.Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894677419290387925.post-62368380608455590382013-12-14T11:23:00.001-05:002013-12-14T11:28:31.145-05:00The Benefits of Prayer<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The benefits of prayer<br />
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Prayer carries every burden to the
Lord — -and leaves it there.<br />
Prayer goes to the Lord . . .<br />
with every need — to
have it supplied;<br />
with every enemy — to
have it conquered;<br />
with every corruption —
to have it subdued;<br />
with every trouble — to
have it sanctified,<br />
and with every promise —
to have it fulfilled.<br />
Prayer . . .<br />
affects God's heart with
a groan,<br />
opens God's hand with a
cry, and<br />
obtains the most costly
blessings with a tear!<br />
While a man can pray . . .<br />
he can never sink,<br />
he can never be
wretched,<br />
he can never perish!<br />
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Reader, get and maintain a spirit of
prayer; it will . . .<br />
ease your mind,<br />
quell your fears, and<br />
fortify your soul
against the sorest trials!</span></span></span><br />
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Lord teach you all how precious Christ is, and what a mighty and
complete work He hath done for our salvation. Then, I feel confident you
will use every means to bring your children to Jesus, that they may
live through Him." ~ J.C. Ryle</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">From the series on Mr. Ryle's book "The Duties of Parents" at the<a href="http://sg-helpingchildren.blogspot.com/search/label/J.C.Ryle" target="_blank"> Helping Children Grow</a> blog.</span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /> </span></b></span>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894677419290387925.post-63058012822771173352013-10-30T13:51:00.001-04:002013-10-30T13:54:28.068-04:00Do All the Good You Can<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Do all the good you can</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>By all the means you can,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>In all the ways you can,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>In all the places you can,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>At all the times you can,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>To all the people you can,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>As long as ever you can.</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent">“Words - so innocent and powerless as they
are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they
become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.” <br /> - Nathaniel Hawthorne </span><br />
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<span class="userContent">I liked this quote so much I thought I'd put it here to remember. People no doubt apply it different ways, but we all should remember it whether we're writing a book, a blog post, an article in a magazine, or an email or handwritten letter. Oh may I use words for good and to glorify my Lord and Savior. </span>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894677419290387925.post-37149021085691436882013-09-08T20:42:00.002-04:002013-09-08T20:42:44.710-04:00Watch Against Pride<br />
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Oh how true. Food for thought and prayer. Posted from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=561038323931806&set=a.448066715228968.77122628.137485112953798&type=1&theater" target="_blank">The Narrow Gate </a>on Facebook.Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894677419290387925.post-23972437711072206912013-08-12T16:52:00.002-04:002013-08-12T16:55:06.018-04:00Author and Finisher<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When I let the
SAVIOUR’S pity</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plead in vain,
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Heard Him pray:
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Less of self, and more of Thee.’</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘None of self, and all of Thee.’</span></i><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">"He
[God] is the Most High, Lord of heaven and earth. Subject to none,
influenced by none, absolutely independent; God does as He pleases, only
as He pleases, always as He pleases. None can thwart Him, none can
hinder Him." ~ A. W. Pink</span></span></b>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894677419290387925.post-65385910866357985752013-07-01T14:10:00.001-04:002013-07-01T14:10:59.104-04:00Building Material<br />
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"Every day brings its own duty and its own discipline. How is it that I make such slow progress while this is the case? It is a marvel to me why God allows characters like mine to defile His Church. I can only account for it with the thought that if I ever am perfected, I shall be a great honor to His name for surely worse material for building up a temple of the Holy Ghost was never gathered together before. The time may come when those who know me now, crude, childish, incomplete, will look upon me with amazement, saying, 'What hath God wrought!' . . ."<br />
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~ Katherine Elliott, January 1, 1841,<i> Stepping Heavenward</i>, by Elizabeth PrentissMaxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894677419290387925.post-54488239233792669432013-06-13T17:19:00.002-04:002013-06-13T17:19:31.017-04:00Look Up and Take Comfort<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">"O
Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you,
and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck
them out of His hands." ~ J.C. Ryle</span>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894677419290387925.post-59856004967051168502013-05-27T13:05:00.001-04:002013-05-27T13:05:48.951-04:00God Created<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. 1:1</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is God's "deed" for the whole creation; it is a statement of ownership. The whole of the first chapter tells us how He did it, but this one verse is an absolute statement of truth. It is a grand summary statement that stands independent of all the others and introduces all the teaching on creation. [Synopsis of sermon by Pastor R. yesterday.]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A few other truths from the sermon:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">1. Everything we have, know and are had a beginning.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2. God had no beginning. He is eternal.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3. The eternal God brought the heavens and earth into existence out of nothing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">4. The earth is the exclusive distinct object of His purposes. He distinguishes earth from all the others.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now you have to agree we have a mighty God. Does He not have the right to have the final say about what His creation can and cannot do?</span></span>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894677419290387925.post-23567939864613273082013-05-20T12:28:00.001-04:002013-05-20T12:28:44.002-04:00What I Remember<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Poster borrowed from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151847632852262&set=a.80595482261.76140.47823137261&type=1&theater" target="_blank">Truth for Life Facebook photos</a>. Just such a wonderful truth, especially for those of us who are older.Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894677419290387925.post-84837139295152787692013-05-13T12:13:00.000-04:002013-05-13T12:13:59.061-04:00 A Message to Mothers, C.H. Spurgeon<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">"Mothers, the
godly training of your offspring is your first and most pressing duty.
Christian women, by teaching children the Holy Scriptures, are as much
fulfilling their part for the Lord, as Moses in judging Israel, or
Solomon in building the temple." ~ C.H. Spurgeon</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">A wonderful and touching message to mothers from Mr. Spurgeon. I know it's a day late, but this message is for any day of the year, and ALL days of the year. Read the rest of it <a href="http://www.raisinggodlychildren.org/2013/05/charles-spurgeon-mothers.html" target="_blank">here</a>, at Raising Godly Children.</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></i></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?". . .</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yesterday's morning and evening messages were both from the short passage found in 21:15-17, and were accompanied by really profound applications on the subject of love for Christ. I'm sure I'm not the only one who was impacted. Pastor C., our guest speaker, finished in the evening with the following words, penned by our beloved Elizabeth Pentriss, and what a perfect conclusion, since these words were being played out in our hearts already:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">More love to thee, O Christ, More love to thee!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hear thou the prayer I make On bended knee:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is my earnest plea, More love, O Christ to thee,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">More love to thee, More love to thee!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">~ E Prentiss </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">From Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss, we read in Katherine's journal entry for January 15, 1832:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>"January 15. I have come to another birthday. I am seventeen.
Mother has celebrated it just as usual, though I know all these
anniversaries which used to be so pleasant must be sad days to her now
that my dear father has gone. She has been cheerful and loving, and
entered into all my pleasures exactly as if nothing had happened." </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was reading Elisabeth Eliott's comments on this entry. She made these comments on her "Gateway to Joy" radio broadcast some years ago, but they're ever profound:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>"Entered into all my pleasures as if nothing had happened." That's
unselfishness. That is the new self. That's not natural for the old
self. What can we learn from that mother's example of joy in sorrow?
Joy is not incompatible with sorrow. We can be sorrowful, yet always
rejoicing. What was the secret of her strength? I believe it was a
pure heart. A heart given to God, resting in Him and therefore a heart
able to give herself in love to her daughter, rather than giving way
selfishly to her own sorrows</i>" </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She also read a prayer that was written by someone else, as follows:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>"Dear Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, I hold up all my weakness to Your
strength, my failure to Your faithfulness, my sinfulness to Your
perfection, my loneliness to Your compassion, my little pains to Your
great agony on the cross. I pray that You will cleanse me, strengthen
me, guide me, so that in all ways my life may be lived as You would have
it lived, without cowardice and for You alone. Show me how to live in
true humility, true contrition and true love. Amen." </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Something for us all to consider no matter what we're going through. </span></span>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com0