“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. (I Corinthians 13: 7-8a ESV)”
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“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.”
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“I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare [2] and not for evil, x to give you a future and a hope. 12 y Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, y and I will hear you. 13[†] z You will seek me and find me, when you seek me a with all your heart.”
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“Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For a what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or b what fellowship has light with darkness?”
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“By defining faith (Gk. pistis) as “assurance” and “conviction,” the author indicates that biblical faith is not a vague hope grounded in imaginary, wishful thinking. Instead, faith is a settled confidence that something in the future—something that is not yet seen but has been promised by God—will actually come to pass because God will bring it about. Thus biblical faith is not blind trust in the face of contrary evidence, not an unknowable “leap in the dark”; rather, biblical faith is a confident trust in the eternal God who is all-powerful, infinitely wise, eternally trustworthy—the God who has revealed himself in his word and in the person of Jesus Christ, whose promises have proven true from generation to generation, and who will “never leave nor forsake” his own”
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“If I have the gift of the prophecy, and can fathom all mystery's and knowledge, and if I have faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”
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“Incline your ear, and come to me; g hear, that your soul may live; h and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, i my steadfast, sure love for j David. 4[†] k Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, l a leader and commander for the peoples. 5[†] k Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and m a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, n for he has glorified you.”
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“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. 9 p For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10[†] q “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, r giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but s it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.”
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“The Lord GOD, h who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares, i “I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered.”
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“Our soul i waits for the LORD; he is our j help and k our shield. 21 For our heart is l glad in him, because we m trust in his holy name.”
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“Come now, n let us reason [3] together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as o white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.”
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“The Lord is at hand; 6[†] r do not be anxious about anything, s but in everything by prayer and supplication t with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7And u the peace of God, v which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
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“Love works no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Romans 13:10”
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“For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have e delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.”
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“ACTS 2 ‡†When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2†And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3†And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested [1] on each one of them. 4†And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. 5†Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. 6†And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. 7And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? 9‡Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” 12And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13But others mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.”
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“LUKE 14 [†]One Sabbath, p when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were q watching him carefully. 2[†]And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. 3[†]And Jesus responded to r the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, s “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” 4[†]But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. 5[†]And he said to them, t “Which of you, having a son [1] or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” 6[†] u And they could not reply to these things.”
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“Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant q controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.”
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“ 15 u But you have increased the nation, O LORD, you have increased the nation; you are glorified; v you have enlarged all the borders of the land.”
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“from h his fullness we have all received, i grace upon grace. [4] 17For j the law was given through Moses; k grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18[†] l No one has ever seen God; m the only God, [5] who is at the Father’s side, [6] n he has made him known.”
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“41†So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. The Fellowship of the Believers 42‡†And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43†And awe [4] came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44†And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 45†And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47†praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.”
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“6 Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and i his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: j “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.”
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“has told you, O man, what is good; and f what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, [2] and to g walk humbly with your God?”
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“Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” 7And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8†And leaping up he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.”
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“38[†]And Peter said to them, o “Repent and p be baptized every one of you q in the name of Jesus Christ r for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive s the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39[†]For t the promise is for you and u for your children and for all v who are far off, everyone w whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”
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“There is irony in the book of Job, due to the fact that God seems both too close and too far away. On the one hand, Job complains that God is watching him every moment so that he cannot even swallow his spit (7:19). On the other hand, Job finds God elusive, feeling that he cannot be found (9:11).”
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“everyone w whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”
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“25Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost [2] k those who draw near to God l through him, since he always lives m to make intercession for them.”
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“everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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“Save yourselves from this y crooked generation.”
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“How can v a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. 10 w With my whole heart I seek you; let me not x wander from your commandments! 11[^] [†] I have y stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. 12 Blessed are you, O LORD; z teach me your statutes! 13 With my lips I a declare all the rules [3] of your mouth. 14 In the way of your testimonies I b delight as much as in all c riches. 15 I will d meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your e ways. 16 I will f delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.”
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“God knows I tried my best to learn the ways of this world, even had inklings we could be glorious; but after all that's happened, the inkles ain't easy anymore. I mean - what kind of fucken life is this?”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little
“I thought again of how Tobin had already killed five good people and was about to be the cause of two more dying. I couldn’t believe that this little turd had actually caused all this death and misery. The only explanation I had for it was that short people with beady eyes and big appetites were ruthless and dangerous.”
― Nelson DeMille, quote from Plum Island
“PROLOGUE MARCH 1162 THE ARCHBISHOP’S men fled into the shadows of the lower valley. Behind them, atop the winter pass, horses screamed, arrow-bit and cleaved. Men shouted, cried, and roared. The clash of steel rang as silvery as a chapel’s bells. But it was not God’s work being done here.”
― James Rollins, quote from Map of Bones
“I don't know that I understand the
human concept of jealousy. I'm not afraid of any other male taking you from me because no man who ever tried such a thing would live. But yes I hold what is mine close to me.”
― Tessa Dawn, quote from Blood Destiny
“The owls appeared now, drifting from tree to tree as silently as flakes of soot, hooting in astonishment as the moon rose higher and higher, turning to pink, then gold, and finally riding in a nest of stars, like a silver bubble.”
― Gerald Durrell, quote from My Family and Other Animals
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