It's the American Way

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"You Do Not Oppress or Mistreat Others."

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The LORD doesn't just award and bless "you and you and you....."

He doesn't give everyone a "red star" so others think you are wonderful.

The LORD doesn't think "you and you and you..." are better than everyone else, and so discounts everyone else.

He doesn't think "you and you and you..." are the best Christians out there because you do "this and this and this...".

He despises those who twist His own Words to use against others...so be very careful, you who think you are better than all others!

In fact He doesn't appreciate show offs and He hates false pride.

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"He wants His servants to be people of a pure heart and a clean mind. 

That sense of character is indispensable for believers to be effective in serving Christ. "

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"According to the Bible, God wants people to be kind, humble, and have a pure heart"

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"Micah 6:8 is a clear, crisp, and simple summary of what God expects from you and me. 

These three things that matter so much to God are the three things God wants to see in us: 

justice, kindness, and humility. 

To act justly is to treat people fairly and respectfully. 

You do not oppress or mistreat others." 

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Micah 6:8

 

..."He has told you, mortal one, what is good;

And what does the Lord require of you

But to do justice, to love kindness,

And to walk humbly with your God?"...

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1 Timothy 2:3-6

..."This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time."...

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2 Peter 1:5-11

..."Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.

For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they do not make you useless nor unproductive in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For the one who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choice of you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you."...

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Hebrews 10:21-26

..."since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us approach God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Let’s hold firmly to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let’s consider how to encourage one another in love and good deeds, not abandoning our own meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,"...

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Romans 5:8

..."But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us"...

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Go then and do likewise :o)

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Living by Our Own Time

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You encircle me with Your strength

-internet Scotland

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Psalm 18

-Abridged

“I love You, Lord, my strength.”

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my savior,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.

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In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

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He also brought me out into an open place;
He rescued me, because He delighted in me.

The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not acted wickedly against my God.

For all His judgments were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.

I was also blameless with Him,
And I kept myself from my wrongdoing.

Therefore the Lord has repaid me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

With the faithful You show Yourself faithful;
With the blameless You prove Yourself blameless;

With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.

For You save an afflicted people,
But You humiliate haughty eyes.

For You light my lamp;
The Lord my God illumines my darkness.

For by You I can run at a troop of warriors;
And by my God I can leap over a wall.

As for God, His way is blameless;
The word of the Lord is refined;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

For who is God, but the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God,

The God who encircles me with strength,
And makes my way blameless?

He makes my feet like deer’s feet, And sets me up on my high places.

He trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your right hand upholds me;
And Your gentleness makes me great.

You enlarge my steps under me,
And my feet have not slipped

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For You have encircled me with strength for battle;
You have forced those who rose up against me to bow down under me.

 

You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
And I destroyed those who hated me.

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You have rescued me from the contentions of the people;
You have placed me as head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.

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The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock;
And exalted be the God of my salvation,

The God who executes vengeance for me,
And subdues peoples under me.

He rescues me from my enemies;
You indeed lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from a violent man.

Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, Lord,
And I will sing praises to Your name.

He gives great salvation to His king,
And shows faithfulness to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forever.

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A Beautiful Season

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