STOP CONDEMNING

Jesus said to his disciples:
"Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
"Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Give and gifts will be given to you;
a good measure, packed together, shaken down,
and overflowing, will be poured into your lap.
For the measure with which you measure
will in return be measured out to you. Luke 6:36-38

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FAITH IN GOD

The Lord God took Abram outside and said,
"Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can.
Just so, "he added, "shall your descendants be."
Abram put his faith in the Lord, who credited
it to him as an act of righteousness.  

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Lord increase my faith.

GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE

This very day the Lord your God is commanding you to observe these statutes and ordinances;
so observe them diligently with all your hear and with all your soul.  Today you have obtained
the the the Lord's agreement: to be your God; and for you to walk in his ways, to keep his
statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances, and to obey him. Today the Lord has obtained your agreement to be his treasured people, as he promised you, and to keep his commandments; for him to set you high above all nations that he has made, in praise and in fame and in honor; and for you to be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised. Deut. 26:16-19

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Beautiful Saviour

GOD IS HAPPY WHEN WE REPENT

Thus says the Lord God: If the wicked man turns away from all
the sins he committed, if he keeps all my statutes and does what
is right and just, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
None of the crimes he committed shall be remembered
against him; he shall live because of the virtue he has
practiced.

Do I indeed derive any pleasure from the death of the
wicked? says the Lord God.
Do I not rather rejoice when he turns from evil way
that he may live?... Ezekiel 18:21-28

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THE LAW OF THE PROPHETS

Jesus said to his disciples: "Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened.
For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds;
and the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Which of you would hand his son a stone when he asked
for a loaf of bread, or a snake when he asked for a fish?
If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father
give good things to those who ask him.

"Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law of the prophets."  Matt. &:7-12
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EVIL GENERATION

When the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, "This generation is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so
the Son of Man will be to this generation. The queen of the South will rise
at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them,
because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of
Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomon is here! The people
of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn
it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something
greater than Jonah is here! Luke 11:29-32

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ESSENCE OF FASTING

Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet!
Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house Jacob
their sins. Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know
my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness
and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me
righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God.
"Why do we fast, but you not see? .... Isa. 59:1-9

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Psalm 51