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    • The Holy Spirit or Power from on High – Vol 2 by A.B. Simpson
    • Day of Heaven on Earth – AB Simpson
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    • The Cloud of Unknowing
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Category: 3 – The Bible

The Bible – Biblical Hebrew, Koine Greek, Aramaic – Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, the books” – Hebrew Tanakh and early Christians writings. “from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.”

Romans 5:12-8:17 Commentary by Rachel R Reese

After a thorough, and encouraging, reminder and explanation of the good news about Christ in Romans 5:1-11, Paul is now moving into explaining important features of our relationship with God.

After a thorough, and encouraging, reminder and explanation of the good news about Christ in Romans 5:1-11, Paul is now moving into explaining important features of our relationship with God.

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Lectio Divina – Divine Reading – Prayerfully Reading the Bible

Lectio Divina means divine reading and is a method of reading the Bible in order to hear from God There are 4 steps involved in Lectio Divina; Lectio, read; Meditatio meditate; Oratio pray; Contemplatio contemplate. The goal of Lectio Divina is to spend time in communion with God

“Divine Reading” refers to a specific practice. The next time you feel God leading you to read the Bible, but you do not know how to start, try Lectio Divina.

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Sh’ma Yisrael (Shema Israel)

Sh'ma Yissrael - Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! אֶחָֽד יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יְהוָ֥ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל שְׁמַ֖ע You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. מְאֹדֶֽךָ׃וּבְכָל־ נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וּבְכָל־ לְבָבְךָ֥ בְּכָל־ אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ יְהוָ֣ה אֵ֖ת וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔

Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

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Elisha, Angels, Blindness, and Mercy in II Kings 6

Did Elisha Call Angels, Elisha, Angels, Show Mercy, Mercy, God Protect Israel, Army of Aram. Aram, Blindness, Removing Blindness, Thoughts of God, Fiery Chariots, Fiery Horses, God, ThoughtsofGod.com, David Reese

The person or situations confronting us, the ones we want to strike out at, are being used as tools by our true antagonist. Those people are under attack by the same adversaries.

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No More Curse – Revelation 22 – The End

There will be no more curse, that is nothing left in us that is destined for destruction. We begin to see God's kingdom breaking through into our world now, but then our joy will be made full.

There will be no more curse, that is nothing left in us that is destined for destruction. We begin to see God’s kingdom breaking through into our world now, but then our joy will be made full.

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I Shall Not Want – Psalm 23:1

Limu, Strong Shepherd, Hebrew, Lack, Decrease, Lacking, Need, eḥ·sār, lō, rō·‘î, Yah·weh, lə·ḏā·wiḏ, miz·mō·wr, יְהוָ֥ה, לְדָוִ֑ד, Shepherd, Yahweh, David, Psalm, Psalm 23, chaser, חָסֵר, khaw-sare',Bible, God, Kings, Jesus, Anointed, Christ, Provides, Sheep,Flock, Glory, Assyrian, Greek, Life, Crook, Thoughts of God, ThoughtsOfGod.com, David Reese

The archetypal Shepherd is used through the Bible as the one who cares for the sheep, people. This is said of God and His kings. In Jesus of Nazareth we have the King of Kings and the Good Shepherd in the anointed Christ.

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