Christmas Kitties

-internet comic

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Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

~Yellowstone FB 

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As the saying goes:

"Lie down with dogs;

get up with fleas."

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1 Corinthians 15:33-34

..."Do not be deceived: 

“Bad company corrupts good morals.”

Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. 

I speak this to your shame."...

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- essentially saying that associating with morally bad, unrighteous people can negatively influence your own character and lead you astray.

-unknown

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A Life of Grieving-Understood by the Man of Sorrows

-yawning Fox, Yellowstone FB

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"There is no grief 

like the grief that does not speak."

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Isaiah 53:3-6

..."He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.

But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.

All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him."...

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The Child within Mary

-internet photo

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The First Person to recognize Jesus was an unborn Child: 

His relative, John (the Baptist).

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Luke 1 & 2

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Babies in the womb

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God is still God

-Scotland FB

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The dawn is not distant, 

nor is the night starless; 

love is eternal!

God is still God,

 and His faith shall not fail us;

Christ is eternal!

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Advice from Lucy

 

We are definitely PLUGGERS

-PLUGGERS 

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Moo-oo-oose!

-Yellowstone FB 

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"Every heart has its secret sorrows, 

which the world knows not, 

and often times we call a man cold, 

when he's only sad."

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Isaiah 41:10

‘Do not fear, for I am with you;

Do not anxiously look about you, 

for I am your God.

I will strengthen you, 

surely I will help you,

Surely I will uphold you 

with My righteous right hand.’

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Prodigals: Going along with the Crowd

-Yellowstone FB

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"When a prodigal son wants to follow his appetites, or the latest fashion in idols, he tells himself that he has made a careful evaluation of everything when he is in reality just going along with the crowd. At such time, the last thing he wants to listen to is wise counsel."

-Phillip E. Johnson, The Wedge of Truth

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A Foundation in Freedom

-internet photo

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"Statesmen, my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. 

The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue."

-John Adams, 21 June 1776

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Obstacles in Life

-internet photo 

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God's Creation up Close

-Yellowstone bird, FB 

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We will never take our lives here for granted. 

There is always something which we see in person, or like this Yellowstone bird photo, we see and, thus, admire the LORD's creation even more so.

We can see things we have never seen before or we can see the same things over and over and still be in awe over the LORD's designs.

Sunsets seem the same, but they are never exactly the same; beautiful clouds, storm clouds, lazy wind day clouds...bird flocks seem the same, but every time the joy is more heightened because we know who created these things. 

Praising the LORD for His creation!

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John 1:1-5

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was in the beginning with God.

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it."...

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Genesis 1:1-2

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters."...

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Colossians 1:13-20

..."For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven."...

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2 Corinthians 5:17-21

..."Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 

He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him."...

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