Unfailing Love

a WORD from God's Book
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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.

Because of your unfailing love, I can enter your house; with deepest awe I will worship at your Temple.

Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the LORD forever.

Show me your unfailing love in wonderful ways.

The LORD leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all those who keep his covenant and obey his decrees.

Psalm 143:8 Psalm 5:7 Psalm 23:6 Psalm 17:7 Psalm 25:10
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Peace

When we put our cares in God's hands, He puts His peace in our heart.

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Ultimate

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Maui)
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(man’s viewpoint) The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone, whether they are righteous or wicked, good or bad, ceremonially clean or unclean, religious or irreligious. Good people receive the same treatment as sinners, and people who take oaths are treated like people who don't.

[ Israel’s Ultimate Deliverance ] Look, a righteous king is coming! And honest princes will rule under him.

(Christ’s viewpoint) And everyone who lives believing in me does not ultimately die at all. Do you believe this?"

confident that you'll get paid in full when you come into your inheritance. Keep in mind always that the ultimate Master you're serving is Christ.

But to us who are personally called by God himself--both Jews and Greeks--Christ is God's ultimate miracle and wisdom all wrapped up in one. John 11:26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.

Ecclesiastes 9:2 Isaiah 32:1 John 11:26 Colossians 3:24 1 Corinthians 1:24
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Peace

We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful.

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Appears

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Maui)
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Christ's death was also a one-time event, but it was a sacrifice that took care of sins forever. And so, when he next appears, the outcome for those eager to greet him is, precisely, salvation.

There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears.

We are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

And now, children, stay with Christ. Live deeply in Christ. Then we'll be ready for him when he appears, ready to receive him with open arms, with no cause for red-faced guilt or lame excuses when he arrives.

And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

Hebrews 9:28 Philippians 1:6 1 John 3:2 1 John 2:28 1 Peter 5:4
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Peace

We don't change God's message - His message changes us.

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Something

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Emerald Bay by Paul Westphal)
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[ Is Anybody Listening? ] "I've got something to say. Is anybody listening? I've a warning to post. Will anyone notice? It's hopeless! Their ears are stuffed with wax-- deaf as a post, blind as a bat. It's hopeless! They've tuned out GOD. They don't want to hear from me.

GOD who made you has something to say to you; the God who formed you in the womb wants to help you.

Be alert, be present. I'm about to do something brand-new. It's bursting out! Don't you see it? There it is! I'm making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands.

If I tell you something God has shown me or something I have learned or what God's Word says will happen in the future or teach you God's Word, it will be for your good

But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure. Then it gives peace. It is gentle and willing to obey. It is full of loving-kindness and of doing good. It has no doubts and does not pretend to be something it is not.

Jeremiah 6:10 Isaiah 44:2 Isaiah 43:19 1 Corinthians 14:6 James 3:17
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Peace

The Bible is God's answer book

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Open

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Los Alamitos)
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Open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God's people, who are set apart by faith in me.

Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your law.

To those who are open to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But to those who are not listening, even what they have will be taken away from them.

The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right, and his ears are open to their prayers. But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil."

Open up, O heavens, and pour out your righteousness. Let the earth open wide so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together.

"Look! Here I stand at the door and knock. If you hear me calling and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal as friends.

Acts 26:18 Psalm 119:18 Matthew 13:12 1 Peter 3:12 Isaiah 45:8 Revelation 3:20
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Peace

Christ braved the shadow of eternal death to open to us the sunshine of eternal life.

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Depths

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: our apartment, Sunday)
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The LORD does whatever pleases him throughout all heaven and earth, and on the seas and in their depths.

Have you never heard or understood? Don't you know that the LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth? He never grows faint or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding.

Even the depths of Death and Destruction are known by the LORD. How much more does he know the human heart!

But you've seen and heard it because God by his Spirit has brought it all out into the open before you. The Spirit, not content to flit around on the surface, dives into the depths of God, and brings out what God planned all along.

Rivers of living water will brim and spill out of the depths of anyone who believes in me this way, just as the Scripture says."

you'll be able to take in with all Christians the extravagant dimensions of Christ's love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights!

Psalm 135:6 Isaiah 40:28 Proverbs 15:11 1 Corinthians 2:10 John 7:38 Ephesians 3:18
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Peace

God gives us everything. We owe Him all our praise.

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Hospitality

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Los Alamitos,CA }
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Dear friend, when you extend hospitality to Christian brothers and sisters, even when they are strangers, you make the faith visible.

Be inventive in hospitality.

He can't quit talking about it, going over again and again the story of your prompt obedience, and the dignity and sensitivity of your hospitality. He was quite overwhelmed by it all!

You have no idea how good your love makes me feel, doubly so when I see your hospitality to fellow believers.

Be ready with a meal or a bed when it's needed. Why, some have extended hospitality to angels without ever knowing it!

They've made a full report back to the church here, a message about your love. It's good work you're doing, helping these travelers on their way, hospitality worthy of God himself!

3 John 1:5 Romans 12:13 2 Corinthians 7:15 Philemon 1:7 Hebrews 13:2 3 John 1:6
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Peace

Your life will either shed light or cast a shodow.

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Quickly

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Los Alamitos)
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The world's a huge stockpile of GOD-wonders and God--thoughts. Nothing and no one comes close to you! I start talking about you, telling what I know, and quickly run out of words. Neither numbers nor words account for you.

Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done! They wouldn't wait for his counsel!

Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.

"If you do these things, your salvation will come like the dawn. Yes, your healing will come quickly. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the LORD will protect you from behind.

Psalm 40:5 Psalm 106:13 Romans 12:2 Ephesians 4:32 Isaiah 58:8
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Peace

When it's time to breathe a prayer of thanks, don't hold your breath.

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Eternity

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Maui)
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"From eternity to eternity I am God. No one can oppose what I do. No one can reverse my actions."

The high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, the Holy One, says this: "I live in that high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I refresh the humble and give new courage to those with repentant hearts.

God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end.

The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out--but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity.

God's gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there's more life to come--an eternity of life!

Isaiah 43:13 Isaiah 57:15 Ecclesiastes 3:11 1 John 2:17 Titus 3:7
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Peace

Those who have their hearts fixed on heaven will hold loosely the things of earth.

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Reach out

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Scottsdale,AZ)
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Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you'll be able to take in with all Christians the extravagant dimensions of Christ's love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.

Reach out and welcome one another to God's glory. Jesus did it; now you do it!

Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ's law.

If you set your heart on God and reach out to him …You'll be able to face the world unashamed …You'll forget your troubles … Your world will be washed in sunshine … Full of hope, you'll relax, confident again … Expansive, without a care in the world, you'll be hunted out by many for your blessing.

Ephesians 3:18,17 Romans 15:7 Galatians 6:2 Job 11:13 -18
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Peace

Christ gave himself for us that we might give ourselves for others.

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Ever

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Avila Beach,CA)
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The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.

May the Lord bring you into an ever deeper understanding of the love of God and the endurance that comes from Christ.

But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God. I trust in God's unfailing love forever and ever.

Who can list the glorious miracles of the LORD? Who can ever praise him half enough?

And now, may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ; all that is pleasing to him. Jesus is the great Shepherd of the sheep by an everlasting covenant, signed with his blood. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Proverbs 4:18 2 Thessalonians 3:5 Psalm 52:8 Psalm 106:2 Hebrews 13:20
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Peace

You can be confident about tomorrow if you walk with God today.

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Wonderful

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Eagle Lake,CA)
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Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; celebrate his wonderful name with music.

As for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign LORD my shelter, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.

How wonderful it is, how pleasant, when brothers live together in harmony!

Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness; they will sing with joy of your righteousness.

Sing to the LORD, for he has done wonderful things. Make known his praise around the world.

"Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth--so wonderful that no one will even think about the old ones anymore.

Psalm 135:3 Psalm 73:28 Psalm 133:1 Psalm 145:7 Isaiah 12:5 Isaiah 65:17
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Peace

Praise is the overflow of a joyful heart.

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Fellowship

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Los Alamitos)
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We are telling you about what we ourselves have actually seen and heard, so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

If we are living in the light of God's presence, just as Christ is, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from every sin.

If you wander beyond the teaching of Christ, you will not have fellowship with God. But if you continue in the teaching of Christ, you will have fellowship with both the Father and the Son.

You veterans know the One who started it all; and you newcomers--such vitality and strength! God's word is so steady in you. Your fellowship with God enables you to gain a victory over the Evil One.

You must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will continue to live in fellowship with the Son and with the Father. And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.

1 John 1:3 1 John 1:7 2 John 1:9 1 John 2:14 1 John 2:25 (24)
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Peace

Jesus longs for our fellowship even more than we long for His.

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Pleased

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Mary's homemade backlavah)
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Then Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit and said, "O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding the truth from those who think themselves so wise and clever, and for revealing it to the childlike. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way.

But then something happened! For it pleased God in his kindness to choose me and call me, even before I was born! What undeserved mercy!

For it has pleased God to tell his people that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles (put your name here) too. For this is the secret: Christ lives in you, and this is your assurance that you will share in his glory.

The LORD is more pleased when we do what is just and right than when we give him sacrifices.

May he be pleased by all these thoughts about him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

Luke 10:21 Galatians 1:15 Colossians 1:27 Proverbs 21:3 Psalm 104:34
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Peace

God's generous giving deserves thankful living.

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Inherit

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Maui)
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Let there be thankfulness to God. You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is really an idolater who worships the things of this world. Don't be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the terrible anger of God comes upon all those who disobey him.

Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God's promises because of their faith and patience.

Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn't God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren't they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?

All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.

He declared us not guilty because of his great kindness. And now we know that we will inherit eternal life.

Ephesians 5:5 (4-6) Hebrews 6:12 James 2:5 Revelation 21:7 Titus 3:7
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Peace

God gives grace for this life and glory in the life to come.

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Inherit

Certain

a WORD from God's Book
(photo: Monterey, CA)
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Enjoy prosperity while you can. But when hard times strike, realize that both come from God. That way you will realize that nothing is certain in this life.

Destruction is certain for those who say that evil is good and good is evil; that dark is light and light is dark; that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.

So that's why faith is the key! God's promise is given to us as a free gift. And we are certain to receive it

God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well.

Our great desire is that you will keep right on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true.

Ecclesiastes 7:14 Isaiah 5:20 Romans 4:16 Romans 12:6 Hebrews 6:11
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Peace

Our needs will never exhaust God's certain supply.

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