Flawless

a WORD from God's Book
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Samuel grew up. GOD was with him, and Samuel's prophetic record was flawless.

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless.

And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.

Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Keep all His precepts unsullied and flawless, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ

God's kingdom is like a jewel merchant on the hunt for excellent pearls. Finding one that is flawless; he immediately sells everything and buys it.

1 Samuel 3:19 2 Samuel 22:31 Psalm 12:6 Proverbs 30:5 1 Timothy 6:14 Matthew 13:46
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Peace

Natural life came by God's breath; eternal life comes by Christ's death.

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Gladness

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Maui)

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The LORD your God has arrived to live among you. He is a mighty savior. He will rejoice over you with great gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will exult over you by singing a happy song."

Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return … singing songs of everlasting joy.
Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be overcome with joy and gladness.

Then maidens will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness

May all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, "The LORD is great!"

Worship the LORD with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy.

Zephaniah 3:17 Isaiah 35:10 Jeremiah 31:13 Psalm 40:16 Psalm 100:2
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Peace

All creation sings God's praise and speak of a mighty Maker's hand.

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Great

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Maui)
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For he (God) does great works too marvelous to understand. He performs miracles without number.

He doesn't care how great a person may be, and he doesn't pay any more attention to the rich than to the poor. He made them all.

Though the LORD is great, he cares for the humble, but he keeps his distance from the proud.

He will bless those who fear the LORD, both great and small.

May all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, "God is great!"

Job 5:9 Job 34:19 Psalm 138:6 Psalm 115:13 Psalm 70:4
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Peace

God loves every one of us as if there were but one of us to love. - Augustine

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Firm

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Sedona,AZ)
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But the LORD's plans stand firm forever; his intentions can never be shaken.

"Listen to me… Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be able to stand firm. Believe in his prophets, and you will succeed."

Forever, O LORD, your word stands firm in heaven.

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.

Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies and tricks of the Devil.

It is God who gives us, along with you, the ability to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us, and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment of everything he will give us.

Psalm 33:11 2 Chronicles 20:20 Psalm 119:89 Psalm 143:10 Ephesians 6:11 2 Corinthians 1:21,22
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Peace

You can trust the Bible -- God always keeps His word.

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Cheer up!

a WORD from God's Book
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When Jesus heard him, he stopped and said, "Tell him to come here." So they called the blind man. "Cheer up," they said. "Come on, he's calling you!"

"In that case," Eli said, "cheer up! May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him."

I have told you this, so that you might have peace in your hearts because of me… But cheer up!I have defeated the world.

Cheer up! I am sure that God will do exactly what he promised.

Cheer up! Because I, the LORD All-Powerful, will be here to help you with the work.

Mark 10:49 1 Samuel 1:17 John 16:33 Acts 27:25 Haggai 2:4
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Peace

The infinite God cannot be measured by finite man.

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Vision

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Door County, WI)
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One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision and told him, "Don't be afraid! Speak out! Don't be silent!

That night Paul had a vision. He saw a man from Macedonia in northern Greece, pleading with him, "Come over here and help us."

"What could I do, King Agrippa? I couldn't just walk away from a vision like that! I became an obedient believer on the spot.

Meanwhile, live in such a way that you are a credit to the Message of Christ. Let nothing in your conduct hang on whether I come or not. Your conduct must be the same whether I show up to see things for myself or hear of it from a distance. Stand united, singular in vision, contending for people's trust in the Message, the good news,

So let's keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, God will clear your blurred vision--you'll see it yet!

Acts 18:9 Acts 16:9 Acts 26:19 Philippians 1:27 Philippians 3:15
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Peace

True faith will obey without delay.

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Securely

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Maui)
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"But he who listens to me shall live securely and will be at ease from the dread of evil."

"If you want to live securely in the land, keep my laws and obey my regulations. Then the land will yield bumper crops, and you will eat your fill and live securely in it.

The man of integrity walks securely

I follow close behind you; your strong right hand holds me securely

He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. And they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 1:33 Leviticus 25:18,19 Proverbs 10:9 Psalm 63:8 Micah 5:4
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Peace

Our greatest security is found in the eternal love of the eternal God.

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Different

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Naples, CA)
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"My thoughts are completely different from yours," says the LORD. "And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.

If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that.

God has shown us a different way of being right in his sight--not by obeying the law but by the way promised in the Scriptures long ago.

And the result of God's gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man's sin. For Adam's sin led to condemnation, but we have the free gift of being accepted by God, even though we are guilty of many sins. The sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over us, but all who receive God's wonderful, gracious gift of righteousness will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.

so it is with Christ's body. We are all parts of his one body, and each of us has different work to do. And since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others.

Isaiah 55:8 Matthew 5:47 Romans 3:21 Romans 5:16,17 Romans 12:5
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Peace

A change in the heart brings a change in behavior.

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Discern

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Alaska)
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"And in the morning, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?

God's ways are as hard to discern as the pathways of the wind, and as mysterious as a tiny baby being formed in a mother's womb.

So let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.

I want you to know how to discern what is truly from God: No one speaking by the Spirit of God can curse Jesus, and no one is able to say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

Don't be nitpickers; use your head--and heart!-to discern what is right, to test what is authentically right."

Matthew 16:3 Ecclesiastes 11:5 Job 34:4 1 Corinthians 12:3 John 7:24
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Peace

Eyes of faith can see God at work!

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Energy

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Maui)
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Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas and old wives' tales. Spend your time and energy in training yourself for spiritual fitness.

Are you called to be a speaker? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Are you called to help others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then God will be given glory in everything through Jesus Christ. All glory and power belong to him forever and ever. Amen.

To this end I labor, struggling with all His energy, which so powerfully works in me.

29 Jesus said, "The first in importance is, "Listen, Israel: The Lord your God is one; 30 so love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy.' 31 And here is the second: "Love others as well as you love yourself.' There is no other commandment that ranks with these."

Oh! May the God of hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope!

1 Timothy 4:7 1 Peter 4:11 Colossians 1:29 Mark 12:30 (29-31) Romans 15:13
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Peace

The key to understanding the written Word is knowing the Living Word.

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Produce

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Maui)
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A good tree can't produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can't produce good fruit.

Good soil represents honest, good-hearted people who hear God's message, cling to it, and steadily produce a huge harvest.

The truth is, a kernel of wheat must be planted in the soil. Unless it dies it will be alone--a single seed. But its death will produce many new kernels--a plentiful harvest of new lives.

When the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Here there is no conflict with the law.

You didn't choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.

Matthew 7:18 Luke 8:15 John 12:24 Galatians 5:22 23 John 15:16
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Peace

God's house should be a hive for workers - not a nest for drones.

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Forget

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Maui)
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And do not forget the things I have done throughout history. For I am God--I alone! I am God, and there is no one else like me.

If you keep looking steadily into God's perfect law--the law that sets you free--and if you do what it says and don't forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

For God is not unfair. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other Christians, as you still do.

I will delight in your principles and not forget your word.

Who can forget the wonders he performs? How gracious and merciful is our LORD!

Isaiah 46:9 James 1:25 Hebrews 6:10 Psalm 119:16 Psalm 111:4
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Peace

The best reason for hope is God's faithfulness.

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Blessed

a WORD from God's Book
(Photo: Maui)
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And how blessed all those in whom you live, whose lives become roads you travel;

Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see--how good GOD is. Blessed are you who run to him.

"Blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence.

You are blessed, because you believed that the Lord would do what he said."

He replied, "But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice."

Psalm 84:5 Psalm 34:8 Jeremiah 17:7 Luke 1:45 Luke 11:28
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Peace

God's generous giving deserves thankful living.

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Merciful

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Naples, CA)
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I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices. I want you to know God; that's more important than burnt offerings.

God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

For there will be no mercy for you if you have not been merciful to others. But if you have been merciful, then God's mercy toward you will win out over his judgment against you.

Then he added, "Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: `I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices.' For I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough."

Jesus said, "No, go home to your friends, and tell them what wonderful things the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been."

Hosea 6:6 Matthew 5:7 James 2:13 Matthew 9:13 Mark 5:19
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Peace

Remembering God's goodness and mercy is a good cure for doubt.

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Majesty

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Avila Beach, CA )
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The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

O LORD, our Lord, the majesty of your name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens.

Everything he does reveals his glory and majesty. His righteousness never fails.

Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O LORD, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.

All glory to him, who alone is God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Yes, glory, majesty, power, and authority belong to him, in the beginning, now, and forevermore. Amen.

Psalm 29:4 Psalm 8:1 Psalm 111:3 1 Chronicles 29:11 Jude 1:25
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Peace

Praise is the overflow of a joyful heart. You can never praise God too much.

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Bless

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Manitowoc, WI)
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I will bless the LORD who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me.
Sing to the LORD; bless his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.

For you bless the godly, O LORD, surrounding them with your shield of love.

He will bless those who fear the LORD, both great and small.

Live in such a way that God's love can bless you as you wait for the eternal life that our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy is going to give you.

May God bless you with his special favor and wonderful peace as you come to know Jesus, our God and Lord, better and better.

Psalm 16:7 Psalm 96:2 Psalm 5:12 Psalm 115:13 Jude 1:21 2 Peter 1:2
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Peace

The future is as bright as the promises of God.

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Called

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Alaska)
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But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the mighty power of God and the wonderful wisdom of God.

You who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just as he did all Christians everywhere--whoever calls upon the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and theirs.

I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the wonderful future he has promised to those he called. I want you to realize what a rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his people.

We are all one body, we have the same Spirit, and we have all been called to the same glorious future.

And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are all called to live in peace. And always be thankful.

1 Corinthians 1:24 1 Corinthians 1:2 Ephesians 1:18 Ephesians 4:4 Colossians 3:15
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Peace

If you know Jesus, you always have reasons to rejoice.

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Cover

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Manitowoc, WI)
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Rip the cover off those frauds and see how attractive they look in the light of Christ.

Unfailing love and faithfulness cover sin; evil is avoided by fear of the LORD.

People who cover over their sins will not prosper. But if they confess and forsake them, they will receive mercy.

No one would light a lamp and then cover it up or put it under a bed. No, lamps are mounted in the open, where they can be seen by those entering the house.

Soar high in the skies, O God! Cover the whole earth with your glory!

Ephesians 5:13 Proverbs 16:6 Proverbs 28:13 Luke 8:16 Psalm 57:5
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Peace

Religion can reform but only the Gospel can transform.

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Walk

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Door County, WI )
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Let me hear of your unfailing love to me in the morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I have come to you in prayer.

The people who walk in darkness will see a great light--a light that will shine on all who live in the land where death casts its shadow.

The LORD says, "Stop right where you are! Look for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls.

He will give you this land if you obey all the commands I have given you--if you always love the LORD your God and walk in his ways.

I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people.

Psalm 143:8 Isaiah 9:2 Jeremiah 6:16 Deuteronomy 19:9 Leviticus 26:12
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Peace

In a world of constant change, you can trust God's unchanging Word.

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Labor

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Naples, CA)
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Two people can accomplish more than twice as much as one; they get a better return for their labor.

People go off to their work; they labor until the evening shadows fall again.

How happy are those who fear the LORD--all who follow his ways!You will enjoy the fruit of your labor.

How happy you will be! How rich your life!1 I sent blight and mildew and hail to destroy all the produce of your labor. Yet, even so, you refused to return to me, says the LORD.

Day and night you're in our prayers as we call to mind your work of faith, your labor of love, and your patience of hope in following our Master, Jesus Christ, before God our Father. It is clear to us, friends that God not only loves you very much but also has put his hand on you for something special.

Ecclesiastes 4:9 Psalm 104:23 Psalm 128:2,1 Haggai 2:17 1 Thessalonians 1:3,4
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Peace

The flowers or weeds that spring up tomorrow are in the seeds we sow today.

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Tent

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Bolsa Chica,CA)
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[ New Bodies ] For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down--when we die and leave these bodies--we will have a home in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.

For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life.

My life has been blown away like a shepherd's tent in a storm. It has been cut short, as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom. Suddenly, my life was over.

The house of the wicked will perish, but the tent of the godly will flourish.

I'm glad from the inside out, ecstatic; I've pitched my tent in the land of hope.

2 Corinthians 5:1 2 Corinthians 5:4 Isaiah 38:12 Proverbs 14:11 Acts 2:26
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Peace

Make the most of life on earth - but know the best is yet to come.

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Possible

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Los Alamitos)
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It is possible to give freely and become more wealthy, but those who are stingy will lose everything.

Jesus looked at them intently and said, "Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible."

God alone made it possible for you to be in Christ Jesus… He is the one who made us acceptable to God. He made us pure and holy, and he gave himself to purchase our freedom.

"What do you mean, `If I can'?" Jesus asked. "Anything is possible if a person believes."

"Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for a child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you!

Proverbs 11:24 Matthew 19:26 1 Corinthians 1:30 Mark 9:23 Isaiah 49:15
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Peace

Rather than complain about the thorns on roses, be thankful for roses among the thorns.

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