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The LORD is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him— my father’s God, and I will exalt him!

Sep 22

for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him.

Sep 21

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highlighted Proverbs 20:24 NLT

The LORD directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?

Sep 20

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highlighted 1 John 2:15 NLT

Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.

Sep 19

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highlighted Colossians 3:23-24 NLT

Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ.

Sep 18

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highlighted John 8:29 NLT

And the one who sent me is with me—he has not deserted me. For I always do what pleases him.”

Sep 18

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highlighted 1 Peter 5:6-7 NLT

So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.

Sep 18

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highlighted Mark 8:36 NLT

And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?

Sep 16

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highlighted Psalms 139:13-16 NLT

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.

Sep 16

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highlighted Romans 12:1-2 NLT

And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Sep 14

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highlighted Romans 9:20-21 NLT

No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who created it, “Why have you made me like this?” When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?

Sep 13

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highlighted 2 Corinthians 10:4 NLT

We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.

Sep 12

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highlighted Isaiah 54:10 NLT

For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the LORD, who has mercy on you.

Sep 10

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highlighted Jeremiah 31:25 NLT

For I have given rest to the weary and joy to the sorrowing.”

Sep 8

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highlighted 2 Corinthians 13:4 NLT

Although he was crucified in weakness, he now lives by the power of God. We, too, are weak, just as Christ was, but when we deal with you we will be alive with him and will have God’s power.

Sep 8

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highlighted Ephesians 6:10 NLT

A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

Sep 6

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highlighted Genesis 3:8-9 NLT

When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the LORD God among the trees. Then the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”

Sep 5

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highlighted Psalms 32:7 NLT

For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory. Interlude

Sep 5

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highlighted Romans 1:6 NLT

And you are included among those Gentiles who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ.

Sep 5

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highlighted Isaiah 61:3 NLT

To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory.

Sep 3

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