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JUDETH 11 & 12
Judeth 11 3 Olosernes comforts Judeth. 3 And asks the cause of her coming. 5 She deceived him by her fair words. THEN said Olosernes unto her, Woman, be of good comfort: fear not in thine heart: for I never hurt any that would serve Nabuchodonosor the King of all the earth. Now therefore if…
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JUDETH 9 & 10
Judeth 9 1 Judeth humbles herself before the Lord, and makes her prayers for the deliverance of her people. Against the pride of the Assyrians. 11 God is the help of the humble. THEN Judeth fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, and put off the sackcloth wherewith she was clothed. And…
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WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS
Amazing Grace Joseph Scriven, 1819–1886 A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: And there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24 KJV) A true friend loves and accepts us just as we are, stays close to us in good or in bad, and is always ready to help in…
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Morning & Evening
Doubting one! thou hast often said, “I fear I shall never enter heaven.” Fear not! all the people of God shall enter there. I love the quaint saying of a dying man, who exclaimed, “I have no fear of going home; I have sent all before me; God’s finger is on the latch of my…
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JUDETH 7 & 8
Judeth 7 Olosernes doed nrdirhr Nryhulis. 8 The counsel of the Idumeans and other against the Israelites. 23 The Bethulians murmur against their government for lack of water. THE next day, Olosernes commanded all his army and all his people, which were come to take his part, that they should remove their camps against Bethulia,…
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JUDETH 5 & 6
Judeth 5 Anchior the Ammonite doeth decclare to Olosernes of the manner of the Israelites. THEN was it declared to Olosernes the chief captain of the army of Assur, that the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut the passage of the mountains, and had walled up the tops of the high…
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JUDETH 3 & 4
Judeth 3 The people subject to Olosernes. 8 He destroyed their gods that Nabuchodonosor might only be worshiped. SO they sent ambassadors to him with messages of peace, saying, Behold, we are the servants of Nabuchodonosor the great King: we lie down before thee: use us as shall be good in thy sight. Behold, our…
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JUDETH 1 & 2
Judeth 1 3 The building of Ecbatane. 5 Nebuchadnezzar made war against Arphaxad and overcame him. 12 He threatened them that would not help him. IN the twelfth year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor [Nebuchadnezzar II]*, who reigned in Nineve the great city (in the days of Aphaxad, which reigned over the Medes in Ecbatane,…
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PRAYER IS THE SOUL’S SINCERE DESIRE
Amazing Grace James Montgomery, 1771–1854 Men ought always to pray, and not to faint. (Luke 18:1 KJV)Living a life without prayer is like building a house without nails.—Unknown Prayer is releasing the energies of God. For prayer is asking God to do what we cannot do ourselves.—Selected Except for Charles Wesley or Isaac Watts, no…
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Morning & Evening
Christian! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is not this enough? If thou canst pour this promise into thy cup, wilt thou not say, with David, “My cup runneth over; I have more than heart can wish”? When this is fulfilled, “I am…
