WHAT SHALL I RENDER TO THE LORD

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What shall I render unto the LORD [for] 

all his benefits toward me? I will take the 

cup of salvation, and call upon the 

name of the LORD.

Psalm 116:12-13

HE MAKETH THE STORM CALM

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He maketh the storm a calm, so that 

the waves thereof are still. Then are they 

glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth 

them unto their desired haven.

Psalm 107:29-30

PRAYING DAY AND NIGHT FOR THEE

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...that without ceasing I have remembrance 

of thee in my prayers night and day;

Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful 

of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

When I call to remembrance the 

unfeigned faith that is in thee...

II Timothy 1:3

KEEP THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED TO THY TRUST

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JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE

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That being justified by his grace, we should 

be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Titus 3:7

NOT BY WORKS

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Not by works of righteousness which we have done, 

but according to his mercy he saved us, by the 

washing of regeneration, and renewing of the 

Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly 

through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

Titus 3:5-6

WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE

What shall we say then?  Shall we continue 

in sin that grace abound?  Certainly not!

How shall we who died to sin live any 

longer in it?

Or do you not know that as many 

of us were baptized into Christ Jesus 

were baptized into His death. 

Therefore we were buried with Him

through baptism into death, that just 

as Christ was raised from the dead by

the glory of the Father, even so we 

also should walk in newness of life

Romans 6:1-4

PERILOUS TIMES WILL COME

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Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, 

be sober, and hope to the end for the grace 

that is to be brought unto you at 

the revelation of Jesus Christ; As obedient 

children, not fashioning yourselves according 

to the former lusts in your ignorance:

But as he which hath called you is holy, 

so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

I Peter 1:13-16

SHUN PROFANE AND VAIN BABBLINGS

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Study to shew thyself approved unto God, 

a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, 

rightly dividing the word of truth.

But shun profane [and] vain babblings: 

for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

II Timothy 2:15-16

MY WORD SHALL STAND

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Heaven and earth shall pass away, but 

my words shall not pass away. But of 

that day and hour knoweth no [man], 

no, not the angels of heaven, but my 

Father only. But as the days of Noe 

[were], so shall also the coming of 

the Son of man be. For as in the 

days that were before the flood they 

were eating and drinking, marrying 

and giving in marriage, until the day 

that Noe entered into the ark,  And 

knew not until the flood came, and 

took them all away; so shall also the 

coming of the Son of man be. Then 

shall two be in the field; the one shall 

be taken, and the other left. Two 

[women shall be] grinding at the mill; 

the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Watch therefore: for ye know not what 

hour your Lord doth come. But know this, 

that if the goodman of the house had known 

in what watch the thief would come, he 

would have watched, and would not have 

suffered his house to be broken up.

Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an 

hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Matthew 24:35-44

OH THAT MEN WOULD PRAISE THE LORD

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Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] 

his goodness, and [for] his wonderful 

works to the children of men! For he satisfieth t

he longing soul, and filleth the hungry 

soul with goodness. Such as sit in darkness 

and in the shadow of death, [being] bound 

in affliction and iron; Because they 

rebelled against the words of God, and 

contemned the counsel of the most High:

Therefore he brought down their heart with 

labour; they fell down, and [there was] none 

to help. Then they cried unto the LORD in 

their trouble, [and] he saved them out of t

heir distresses. He brought them out of 

darkness and the shadow of death, and 

brake their bands in sunder.  Oh that [men] 

would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, 

and [for] his wonderful works to the 

children of men!

Psalm 107:8-15

MY GLORY, THE LIFTER OF MY HEAD

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But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; 

my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

I cried unto the LORD with my voice, 

and he heard me out of his holy hill. 

Selah.

Psalm 3:3-4

AND HE SHALL BE LIKE A TREE PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF WATER

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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

FRET NOT THYSELF IN ANY WISE

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Cease from anger, and forsake wrath:

fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those 

that wait upon the LORD, they shall 

inherit the earth.

Psalm 37:8-9

LET THY MERCIES BE UPON US

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THE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD STAND IN AWE

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JESUS STOOD AND CRIED, SAYING

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Yesterday driving home from work I was praying. It concerns me that many I am talking with seem confused about Christ, the great Shepherd.

I have been praying how to really hear that great shepherds voice, correctly.

When my children, two boys and three girls, were at home, they would go down the street to play.

They always knew how far to go by my whistle. If they were ever too far and I whestled (which I can whestle very loud) they knew they were in trouble, if they didnt come because they had gone beyond my call.

As I was driving home praying the instrumental song came on the radio, "I need thee every hour".

Instantly, my heart was taken back to some sweet sweet memories of this song. As it played, I walked through the pastures of life in my mind and knew the moments I had strayed. As I continued to walk, the pastures became rich in places and dry and barren in places and my heart was saddened.

Then my heart stopped in this one place inside the pasture and rested in the stillness and the great shepard said, "You were close enough to hear me when I called.

The great Shepherd says, "Now, be still and know that I am God, and can care for your deepest needs.

CONTINUE IN THE THINGS YOU LEARNED AS A CHILD, THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

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REAP IN JOY

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