Prayer, Power and Perseverance

Jesus often taught His disciples, and others with parables.  I heard of parables described this way:  Parables are earthly stories with heavenly meaning.  Jesus had a way of telling a story to bring out the truth of His life, work and ministry; as well as what was in the hearts and minds of people. In …

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121811 That your faith and hope might be in God

"And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with …

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062811 But them that are without God judgeth.

"I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.   But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that …

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060911 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him…

'Ask what I shall give thee.'  And Solomon said unto God, 'Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.  Now, O LORD God, let Thy promise unto David my father be established: for Thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of …

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042311 And hath made of one blood all nations…

...Of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Him, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of us: for in Him we …

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032711 Then answered Jesus and said unto them…

"...'Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do: for what things soever He doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.  For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth Him all things that Himself doeth: and He will shew Him greater works than these, …

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031911 Give, and it shall be given unto you…

"Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.  Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your …

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022511 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, …and they shall judge the people with just judgment

"Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.  Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and …

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