BRINGING IN NEW LIFE

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Therefore if any man be in Christ, 

he is a new creature: old things are passed 

away; behold, all things are become new.

II Corinthians 5:17

ABIDE IN CHRIST

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And this is love, that we walk after 

his commandments. This is the 

commandment, That, as ye have heard 

from the beginning, ye should walk 

in it.  For many deceivers are entered 

into the world, who confess not that 

Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This 

is a deceiver and an antichrist.  Look to 

yourselves, that we lose not those things 

which we have wrought, but that we receive 

a full reward.  Whosoever transgresseth, 

and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, 

hath not God. He that abideth in the 

doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father 

and the Son.  If there come any unto you, 

and bring not this doctrine, receive him 

not into your house, neither bid him 

God speed:  For he that biddeth him 

God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

II John 1: 6-11

GOD IN THE MIDST

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There is a river, the streams whereof shall 

make glad the city of God, the holy 

place of the tabernacles of the most High.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be 

moved: God shall help her, and that 

right early.

Psalm 46:4-5

TO KNOW THE TRUTH

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And ye shall know the truth, and the 

truth shall make you free.

John 8:32

HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD

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Blessed is the man that walketh not in the 

counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way 

of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.  

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in 

his law doth he meditate day and night.  And he 

shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, 

that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his 

leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he 

doeth shall prosper.  The ungodly are not so: 

but are like the chaff which the wind driveth 

away.  Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in 

the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation 

of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth the 

way of the righteous: but the way of the 

ungodly shall perish.

Psalm  1

TO BE ACCEPTABLE BEFORE THE LORD

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Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation 

of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, 

my strength, and my redeemer.

Psalm 19:14

THE LOVE OF GOD

ARE YOU A DAISY OR A DANDELION ?

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Have you ever gone outside in the summer and 

noticed the dandelions in the yard?

Each year there seems to be one that pops

up somewhere in the yard and suddenly 

you go outside and there are dandelions 

growing everywhere. 

My neighbor passed away a few years ago

and there was very little management of his

yard since then.  Last year his yard 

became covered with dandelions.  Instantly 

we knew in a very short time there would 

be dandelions covering our yard also. 

Why is that? Why do the most beautiful flowers 

such as dailies, roses, and iris take forever to 

spread and yet a dandelion just blows in the wind

and plants pop up everywhere? 

Our lives are so much the same.  

It is so difficult to find people who are 

willing to cultivate their lives, get rid of the 

old weeds of sin, arrogance and selfishness.  

Yet it is so easy to find those who live their 

lives haphazardly.  In doing so, they are spreading 

seeds all along the pathway and when those plants 

spring up they naturally follow after the seed 

they sprang up from. 

The daisy, full of vibrant color and great beauty:

also is full of seeds.  These seeds will reproduce

if the dandelion or other weeds don't choke it out. 

They will populate if they are planted in good 

soil and watered.  They will grow and become

vibrant and also produce seed that produce 

more glorious daisies.  

My prayer is that we start to cultivate the ground and 

plant seeds that will spring forth with character and 

Godliness 

Doing this takes time. 

It takes patience.

It takes prayer and the watering of tears.  

What would you rather be, a daisy or a dandelion.