TRUTH BE TOLD CLAUSE: YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST IS NECESSARY. WHEN YOU ACCEPT CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, YOU RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT INTO YOUR HEART THAT PRODUCES UNIMAGINABLE CHANGES AND A UNDESCRIBABLE POWER TO DO THE WORK THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU TO DO. JUST SAY YES!

INTRODUCTION- SERIES: HOW DID WE GET HERE? WE ALMOST LET GO!

SCRIPTURE: JAMES 1:2-4

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 

3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

When I was asking God how He wants us to share our life experiences and our walk with Him, he said like the FIRST 48  television show.  This is a crime investigation show where detectives are trying to solve homicides and the audience is taken behind the scenes of REAL-INVESTIGATIONS as you follow the detectives. 
Our mission is to present our case before you, allow you to walk with us and to see the unedited, authentic, and heart-aching scenes of our lives, and then determine if this Christian life is worth living.

1.  On the show, the first 48 hours are the most crucial in finding leading that can help solve the case. Well in the first 48 years of lives has been very crucial in our walk with Christ, the fact that God started working in our life during our early 20’s helped us grow and understand who God is.
2.  You also are aware in the show, the investigators give the viewers access to the forensic evidence they have collected. Throughout this series, we will give you spiritual evidence that we have accumulated throughout our walk.
3. Also, throughout the show, you are shown eyewitness interviews to identify the suspects. Throughout this series, we will give you our testimonies to identify the one who is responsible for these changes.

GOD IS WITH US!

MATTHEW 18:20- For where two or three gathers in my name, there am I with them

 1 Peter 3:7-Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. 

1 Corinthians 13:4-8- 

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 

5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 

6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 

7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

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TRUTH BE TOLD CLAUSE: YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST IS NECESSARY. WHEN YOU ACCEPT CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, YOU RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT INTO YOUR HEART THAT PRODUCES UNIMAGINABLE CHANGES AND A UNDESCRIBABLE POWER TO DO THE WORK THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU TO DO. JUST SAY YES!

INTRODUCTION- SERIES: HOW DID WE GET HERE? THE BEST OF TIMES, THE WORST OF TIMES!

SCRIPTURE: GENESIS 2:24-25

 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

When I was asking God how He wants us to share our life experiences and our walk with Him, said like the FIRST 48 show.  This is a crime investigation show where detectives are trying to solve homicides and the audience is taken behind the scenes of REAL-INVESTIGATIONS as you follow the detectives. 
Our mission is to present our case before you, allow you to walk with us and to see the unedited, authentic, and heart-aching scenes of our lives, and then determine if this Christian life is worth living.

1. You know that on the show the first 48 hours are the most crucial in finding leading that can help solve the case. Well in the first 48 years of lives has been very crucial in our walk with Christ, the fact that God started working in our life during our early 20’s helped us grow and understand who God is.
2.  You also are aware in the show, the investigators give the viewers access to the forensic evidence they have collected. Throughout this series, we will give you spiritual evidence that we have accumulated throughout our walk.
3. Also, throughout the show, you are shown eyewitness interviews to identify the suspects. Well throughout this series, we will give you our testimonies to identify the one who is responsible for these changes.

A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED!

Proverbs 17:17- A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

Proverbs 22:24-25- Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.

Proverbs 18:24- One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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TRUTH BE TOLD CLAUSE: YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST IS NECESSARY. WHEN YOU ACCEPT CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR!  YOU RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT INTO YOUR HEART THAT PRODUCES UNIMAGINABLE CHANGES AND A UNDESIRABLE POWER TO DO THE WORK THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU TO DO. JUST SAY YES!

INTRODUCTION- SERIES: HOW DID WE GET HERE? THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING NEW AND GREAT!

SCRIPTURE: SONG OF SONGS 2:7 [NLT] “Promise me, O women of Jerusalem by the gazelles and wild deer, not to awaken love until the time is right”.

When I was asking God how He wants us to share our life experiences and our walk with Him, said like the FIRST 48 show.  This is crime investigation show where detectives are trying to solve homicides and the audience is taken behind the scenes of REAL-INVESTIGATIONS as you follow the detectives. 
Our mission is to present our case before you, allow you to walk with us and to see the unedited, authentic, and heart-aching scenes of our lives and then determine if this Christian life is worth living.

1. You know that on the show the first 48 hours are the most crucial in finding leading that can help solve the case. Well in the first 48 years of lives has been very crucial in our walk with Christ, the fact that God started working in our life during our early 20’s helped us grow and understand who God is.
2.  You also are aware in the show, the investigators give the viewers access to the forensic evidence they have collected. Throughout this series, we will give you spiritual evidence that we have accumulated throughout our walk.
3. Also, throughout the show, you are shown eyewitness interviews to identify the suspects. Well throughout this series, we will give you our testimonies to identify the one who is responsible for these changes.

LOVE NEVER FAILS

Mark 10:9- “Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate”.

1 Peter 4:8- “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins”.

Proverbs 30:18-19- “There are three things that amaze me- no, four things that I don’t understand: how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man loves a woman”. 

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SCRIPTURE:
 Psalm 66:16-Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what He did for me.

GROWING UP! 

INTRODUCTION- SERIES: HOW DID WE GET HERE? THE FIRST 48!

When I was asking God how He wants us to share our life experiences and our walk with Him, said like the FIRST 48 show.  This is a crime investigation show where detectives are trying to solve homicides and the audience is taken behind the scenes of REAL-INVESTIGATIONS as you follow the detectives. 
Our mission is to present our case before you, allow you to walk with us and to see the unedited, authentic, and heart-aching scenes of our lives, and then determine if this Christian life is worth living.

1.   You know that on the show the first 48 hours are the most crucial in finding leading that can help solve the case. Well in the first 48 years of lives has been very crucial in our walk with Christ, the fact that God started working in our life during our early 20’s helped us grow and understand who God is.

2.    You also are aware in the show, the investigators give the viewers access to the forensic evidence they have collected. Throughout this series, we will give you spiritual evidence that we have accumulated throughout our walk.

3.   Also, throughout the show, you are shown eyewitness interviews to identify the suspects. Well throughout this series, we will give you our testimonies to identify the one who is responsible for these changes.

IS THERE ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR GOD? 

MARK 10:27, JEREMIAH 32:17, 27, GENESIS 18:14

LIVING TESTIMONY!

1 JOHN 5:10- The one who believes in the Son of God has this testimony with him!

1 CORINTHIANS 15:1- 2- I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the gospel I preached to you, which you all stand, 2 by which you are also saved, if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

Daniel 4:2- I want you all to know about the miraculous signs and wonders the Most High God has performed for me.

Psalm 22:22- I will tell my people what You have done, I will praise You in their assembly.

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ISAIAH 8: 9-14

9 Raise the war cry, you nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered!    Prepare for battle, and be shattered! 10Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand,  for God is with us.11 This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people: 12 “Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. 13 The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread. 14 He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.  And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.

It’s time for Christians to RISE UP and take a stand against sin.  

God has sent out a WAR CRY and it is loud and clear. It is time for the church (you and me) time for us to go into battle for the lost and unloved souls. God has called you out of the dugout of life. You have used up all your excuses, there is a new ending and you are next in line to be used by God, it’s time for you to bring some folks on home to God. Stop listening to the fans in the stands (you know, the haters, those who are envious and jealous of you, those who refuse to listen and obey, the back catcher (Satan). I know he is all up in your ear and you feel the heat of his breath but trust the Empire, until He calls you OUT, you must keep on going!

(Gen 12:1) Abraham - Go from your country and your people and go to a land 8 will show you…the Bible said that he went as the Lord had told him. 

(Exodus 5:1) Moses - Go to Pharaoh and tell him to let my people go…are you like Moses coming up with all kinds of excuses as to why you can’t go.

Hosea 1:2 - or maybe you’re like Hosea, when God told him to go and marry a harlot or in today’s vernacular, a prostitute. The Bible said that Hosea went, and married Gomer as the Lord had commanded him. 

Jonah - maybe you’re like Jonah, who ran in the opposite direction when God told him to go preach to the Ninevites. We know the story…God gets His way. (Jonah 2:2) Amen!!!

Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of Heaven. The one who would enter must do the will of my Father who is in heaven. (Mat. 7:21-27)

When you are living an obedient life, it is a form of worship and it glories God.  When we obey God, it shows our respect and adoration for Him. It draws us closer to God and our relationship deepens. Obedience is an important part of the Christian life; it is part of testimony as a believer. Jesus says in John 14:15 if you love me, you will obey me. 

Psalm 119:1-2 tells us that we are:

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
     who walk according to the law of the Lord.
 Blessed are those who keep his statutes
     and seek him with all their heart—

My sisters and brothers we have sent out a WAR CRY AND NOW IT IS TIME FOR US TO LISTEN AND OBEY SO WE REACH A LOST SOUL AND UNLOVED SOUL!

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INTRODUCTION- SERIES: NOW WHAT? USE WHAT YOU GOT! SHOW THE WORLD WHAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH!

1 PETER 4:10 -Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

This single verse reminds us of some important truths. First, it reminds us that all believers are gifted. You may think you have nothing to offer, but the truth of the matter is, if you believe in Jesus Christ then God has supernaturally gifted you to serve Him. Secondly, it reminds us that our gifts are not given to us for our own benefit. God gave us gifts, talents, abilities, and experiences for the benefit of other people, to be used to serve them. Jesus has called us to serve one another. 

Besides giving us the gift of salvation, God has given us some of the greatest gifts known to man. He has invested so much time in giving each one of us our own uniqueness in how we use our gifts. I know you probably heard of you losing your gift but why would God go through so much trouble of giving you something He takes away so quickly. The Word tells us that the Holy Spirit gives the gifts as He desires, not based on what we do or don't do. . 

The Spirit gives a message of wisdom, He gives faith, He gives the gift of healing, and He gives the gifts of prophecy, distinguishing between spirits, speaking in tongues, and the gift to interpret tongues. No matter what gift a person have, it is given to us by the Holy Spirit. And He’s the one who decides which gift to give each believer. We are responsible to use and sharpen our gifts, but we are to take no credit for what God has freely given us. (1 Cor. 12:4-10)

2 Titus 4:14 warns us not to neglect our gifts. Don’t get disheartened if you are not using your gifts, it’s not too late. We can longer use excuses of not be talented to do the work but it’s a supernatural power that helps us do the work.. Our gifts are our weapons to fight with, our tools to build with and our effectiveness in the body of Christ gives God glory. Are you ready to use what you got and show the world what you working with?

John Wesley’s motto was “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, by all the ways you can, in all the places you can, and at all the times you can, to all the people you ca, as long as you can.” 

Paul said that, we have been given these spiritual gifts to equip God’s people for work of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up! (Eph. 4:12) Now that we have these gifts, it is crucial that we use them. If we know what our gifts are, we should be looking, searching for opportunities to use them. We must know, whatever gift God has given us, 

There are thousands of Christians who reached a level of maturity in their Christian faith and then became self-satisfied and complacent. They decided they didn’t need to grow anymore, or pray anymore, or study anymore. And they started dying spiritually because they buried their talents. And you are like servants who are responsible for using God’s gifts. 

 Peter says  be: “as good stewards”. A “steward” is someone who takes what someone has given them and uses it in a way the giver intended. What we has is not ours; it belongs to the person who has given it to us, and we are responsible to that person for what we do with what has been entrusted to us. 

NEXT WEEK, WE WILL CONTINUE THE NEW SERIES: NOW WHAT? LISTEN AND OBEY!

STUDY THIS WEEK ISAIAH 8:11-14

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INTRODUCTION- SERIES: NOW WHAT? MAKE AND FOLLOW THE PLAN!

HABAKKUK 2:2-3

2 Then the Lord replied: “Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.  3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time;  it speaks of the end
 and will not prove false.  Though it linger, wait for it,  it will certainly come.

Habakkuk had some complaints that he wanted answered: How long must I call on you for help, but you act like you don’t hear me. Why do you make me look at injustice, why do you tolerate wrong? Why, Why, Why. Don’t that sound like some of us in the church? Why this, why that, why me Lord, but God is saying “ye of little faith” set back and watch me work. God tells Habakkuk to look and watch, and be amazed at what I’m about to do. We don’t know what God is doing, we don’t understand half of the stuff God does, but we just got to trust Him. Amen!!!

The Book of Habakkuk has 3 chapters that are full of questions, complaints, answers, a prayer, faith, and rejoicing. This man is heartbroken over the violence, injustice, and corruption.

Habakkuk said, but Lord your eyes are too pure to look on evil, you cannot tolerate wrong. Why do you tolerate these treacherous people? 

Habakkuk said ok Lord, I will stand in my watch tower. Habakkuk wanted to be in the best position to hear from God. Waiting and watching for God to answer us is important, but look at what God says:  “Write the vision, and make it plain, upon tables this “refers to the common practice of writing public notices with large characters on the clay tablets that when someone running by could easily read them. That he may run that read it.” If the notice was a warning it would also cause the reader to run quickly to prepare for what was coming.

God is instructing Habakkuk to put the revelation down clearly so that someone in the future can take it and deliver it into the right hands, those who need to hear it. So if you’re that one that needs to hear this, if you don’t know Jesus as your Lord and savior, you need to run quickly, the end is near. Amen!!!

STANDING, STATIONED, LOOKING, LISTENING! So often  we miss what God has to say.  He wants us to ponder over what we have spoken to Him, make sure that we have said all we want to say so that when He speaks, He has our full attention. 

God is reminding Habakkuk that what goes out of His mouth will come to pass fulfilled its purpose. God is not a man that He should lie. (Numbers 23:19) If God says something, it will be done, and done the way and in the time that He says it will be done. This book should inspire every person who has a vision of work God has for them.

A plan is a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something, we are preparing for the future. S. W. O. T. (STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, THREATS).
 
God has given the plan/vision to you first. You must see and know it before you give it out. Then you can share it (make it plain). In other words make it so clear that anyone can understand and impacted from reading it. There is no time for exegesis/hermeneutics, the people need it plain, simple, and to the point. 

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STUDY THIS WEEK 1 PETER 4:10

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INTRODUCTION- SERIES: NOW WHAT? GET TO WORK!

MATTHEW 28:19-20

19 Therefore GO and MAKE disciples of all nations, BAPTIZING them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  20 and TEACHING them to obey everything I have COMMANDED you. And surely I am WITH YOU always, to the very end of the age.”

Jesus has given us our "marching orders". There are two things we should remember about this. First, these words are a command. That is why we call it the Great Commission and not the Great Suggestion. Jesus did not say, "Look, if you are in the mood, if it works into your busy schedule, as a personal favor to me, would you consider going into the world and making disciples?" No. this is a command.  (James 4:17) says, “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.”

The 10/40 Window is a term devised by a Christian missionary strategist named Luis Bush. This 10/40 Window refers to those regions of the eastern hemisphere, the European and African part of the western hemisphere, that’s located between 10 and 40 degrees north of the equator. These areas have been found to have the highest level of socioeconomic challenges, and the least access to the gospel message on the planet. These areas have great poverty and a low quality of life, combined with lack of access to Christian resources. Roughly two-thirds (5 billion 196 million) of the world’s population lived in the 10/40 Window. What does that mean, out of the 7.795 billion people in the world, 5.196 billion are in this 10/40 Window. These areas are predominantly Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, animist, Jewish, or atheist. Many governments in the 10/40 Window are officially or unofficially opposed to Christian work of any kind within their borders. 57 countries are involved in this 10/40 Window. 

As Hudson Taylor said, “the Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.” If we are to be Jesus’ disciples, we must go and preach the only message of salvation: “that Christ died for our sins that He was buried and was raised on the third day (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). 41.8% of the world’s population have little or no exposure to the gospel. 97% of these people live in the10/40 Window regions. Amen!!!

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STUDY THIS WEEK HABAKKUK 2:2-3 

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INTRODUCTION- SERIES: GETTING TO THE NEXT LEVEL: HAVE YOU LOST YOUR PRAISE?

(Hebrews 13:15) says, "Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name." 

The terms sacrifice and praise might seem to be opposites. We think of sacrifice as offering something at a great cost to ourselves. Praise, on the other hand, sounds joyful as it bubbles from a grateful heart. 

 To praise God in this way is a command! This sacrifice is to be offered "continually." Our praise to God is not to be based on our opinion, God does not get an annual evaluation, and we don’t rate God on His job performance. Our praise cannot be treated like a "reward" we give God for blessing us. (Isaiah 29:13) says, "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.” In other words, some people claim to be close to God, but they are not following God, just going through the motions. The bible says God will bring judgment on these people. Religion has become routine instead of real. Jesus said in Matthew, that Isaiah was right, and He called the religious leaders Hypocrites. (Matthew 15:7) 

 Real praise continues regardless of our circumstances. It flows continually from a worshiping heart in good times and bad. I’m reminded of a story in Acts when Paul and Silas were going to the place of prayer, and this slave girl, who had a spirit by which she could predict the future, mind you that this girl earned her owners a lot of money by doing this. Anyway, this girl was following Paul and Silas shouting “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you how to be saved.” The bible says that she kept this up for many days, finally, Paul got tired of it, so the bible says that Paul said commanded the spirit to come out of the girl. When the owners found out what had happened, they seized Paul and Silas, drugged them into the marketplace to face the magistrates. They accused them of causing an uproar by advocating customs unlawful for the Roman people to accept or practice, so the magistrates ordered them to be stripped, severely flogged, and thrown in prison, where a jailer was ordered to watch them. So the jailer put them in the inner cell and shackled their feet. The bible says it was about midnight when Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God. Suddenly an earthquake came that shook the foundation of the prison, at once, all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.   

(Acts 16:23-25) A "sacrifice of praise" only comes from a pure attitude and a humble heart that has been purified by fire. Like Paul and Silas, we must choose to honor God despite our pain, despite our situation. Even after being stripped and beaten, not just beaten, but flogged. Do y’all know what that means? They were not just beaten severely, but to flog someone, you are criticizing them to the lowest state of their being, and guess what, they still gave God the praise due Him. Amen!!! 

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Study  MATTHEW 28:19-20

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INTRODUCTION- SERIES: GETTING TO THE NEXT LEVEL: IT’S TIME TO LET GO OF THE GUILT!

Rom 8: 33-39

33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long;  we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37  No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38  For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Paul said there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus!

We are innocent until proven guilty. Jesus is our defense attorney, and has won our case, the court has acquitted us, but in our minds, we are still criminals. Because of the brand that we still carry around. Amen!!! Think about this, if we are one with Jesus and He is our head, we cannot be condemned. You can’t acquit the head and condemn the hand. You can’t drown the foot as long as the head is out of the water!!!   

If Christ gave his life for us, He is not going to turn around and condemn us. So why do we hold on to our guilt? Jesus said “Ye who is without sin cast the first stone, they all left. Jesus asked “Where are they? Has no one condemned you?” she said no, and Jesus said neither do I condemn you”.  (John 7:53-8:11) We got to stop condemning ourselves. There is no condemnation because we share the righteousness of God, and the law cannot condemn us! There is no obligation because we have the Spirit of God Who enables us to overcome the flesh and live for God. There is no frustration because we share the glory of God, the blessed hope of Christ’s return. There is no separation because we experience the love of God (v.35). Christ Has Declared You Righteous? (Vv.34)

That is right only Jesus can talk the stain of Guilt off us. We can’t do like Pilate when he tried to wash his hands from the guilt of crucifying Christ.  Please do not be like Judas and take your life. I can tell you that you can never do anything that Christ will not forgive, there may be consequences you have to live with but you can believe that God will fully restore your joy and peace. Just like the woman caught in the very act of adultery, Jesus has spoken and declared you not guilty, others can’t condemn you, He won’t condemn you, but don’t do it again. Praise the Lord, hallelujah. 

We are more than conquerors through him who loves us. No matter what circumstances, none of our sufferings can separate us from the love of God. Paul lets us know that it is impossible to be separated from God’s love. Jesus is our super-conqueror, and His love will protect us from all evil.

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