Guarding the Flock Against Wolves

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25 years ago, 911--May we all aspire to emulate this man's courage and patriotism

Rick Rescorla

The Hero Who Saved 2,700 Lives on 911

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"...thousands of people were already moving because Rescorla had not waited for permission. He kept them moving. He kept them off the elevators.

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Those who were guided to safety by Rescorla reported that he sang while he did it. His songs were familiar to him. He’d sung them in crisis before, in the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam in November 1965.

At that time, he was a young United States Army lieutenant from Hayle, Cornwall, England. He walked the perimeter of the U.S. camp, under fire, singing Cornish hymns calmly to his platoon into the night. One was based on the Welsh song “Men of Harlech”:

Men of Cornwall stop your dreaming;


Can't you see their spearpoints gleaming?


See their warriors' pennants streaming


To this battlefield.


Men of Cornwall stand ye steady;


It cannot be ever said ye


for the battle were not ready;

Stand and never yield!

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...A bullhorn in a crowded stairway is a crude instrument, but it was enough. The people who had resented the drills now found they already knew the steps.

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Thirteen of the firm’s employees and contractors would not survive the day. Nearly twenty-seven hundred others would, because a man with a bullhorn had willed them to.

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Rescorla was born Cyril Richard Rescorla on the Cornish coast in 1939. American soldiers trained in his hometown before the Normandy invasion. Rescorla watched them train and decided he would wear a uniform. He joined the British Army, served in Cyprus, then wore a Rhodesian police uniform. In 1963, he came to Brooklyn, lived in a hostel, and enlisted in the United States Army – still a British subject. He took the soldier’s oath and became a U.S. citizen a few years later.

Rick Rescorla went to Fort Dix, then Officer Candidate School, then Vietnam. In November 1965, at Ia Drang, he walked into the first major battle between the U.S. Army and the North Vietnamese. During that battle, his picture was taken.

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Rescorla’s face is dirt-streaked, his shoulders slumped from fatigue, the weight of exhaustion forming his expression. But that photo shows Rescorla just as he would be decades later in a building about to collapse in New York City – determined, moving forward, uphill, and into the fray.

May Rick Rescorla’s spirit never die, and may we all aspire to emulate his courage and patriotism."

Please read the whole article here

AMAC News Line

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We still mourn the loss of people, first responders, firemen, families, clean-up workers, with the continued loss of those with deadly illnesses. Remember the people, the silence, the skies...

Where are you from?

-MUTTS
 

Happy Anniversary!!! :o)

 -MUTTS

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Just saying...

 

Snoopy is so talented.

-Charles Schulz  

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Be Thou forever near me!

"O Jesus, I have promised

To serve Thee to the end;

Be Thou forever near me,

My Master and my Friend!

I shall not fear the battle,

If Thou art by my side;

Nor wander from the pathway,

If Thou wilt be my Guide.

O Jesus, 
Thou hast promised

To all who follow Thee,

That where Thou art in glory

There shall Thy servant be!

And, Jesus, I have promised

To serve Thee to the end,

Oh, give me grace to follow,

My Master and my Friend."

-John E. Bode--published in A Boy's War, by David Michell

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This is so True!

-internet photo

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"The heart of her husband safely trusts her"

-internet meme

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In a Coon's Age

-PLUGGERS

by Rick McKee

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Truth can be understood.

-internet meme

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We are like those who dream...

-in the boondocks of Iowa

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 Psalm 126

"When the Lord brought back 

the captive ones of Zion,


We were like those who dream.


Then our mouth was filled with laughter


And our tongue with joyful shouting;


Then they said among the nations,


“The Lord has done great things for them.”


The Lord has done great things for us;


We are glad.

Restore our captivity, O Lord,


As the streams in the South.


Those who sow in tears 

shall reap with joyful shouting.


He who goes to and fro weeping, 

carrying his bag of seed,


Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, 

bringing his sheaves with him."

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Hidden in My Heart

-Illinois back roads

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I seek You Lord with all my heart

Don't let me stray Lord

From Your commands

I hide Your Word in my heart

That I might not sin Lord

Sin against You

Your Word is a lamp to guide my feet

Your Word is a light unto my path

Your Word is hidden in my heart

That's where it will always be

'Cause Your Word is living deep inside

The deepest part of me

-Jay Stocker

Psalm 119:10,11,16,105

10) With all my heart I have sought You;

Do not let me wander from Your commandments.

11) Your word I have treasured in my heart,

That I may not sin against You.

16) I shall delight in Your statutes;

I shall not forget Your word.

105) Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a light to my path.

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The LORD can give you His Peace

Amana, Iowa 

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Numbers 6: 24-26

"The Lord bless you, and keep you;

The Lord make His face shine on you,


And be gracious to you;

The Lord lift up His countenance on you,


And give you peace.’"

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Choosing to live for the LORD

-internet meme

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The Lord Is My Shepherd

-kitty doesn't want to lose her sofa

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The Lord is my shepherd,

I shall not be in want

He makes me lie down in green pastures

He leads me beside quiet waters

He restores my soul

Surely goodness and love will follow me

All the days of my life

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord 

Forevermore

Even though I walk through

The valley of the dark

I will not fear any evil

For You are here to comfort

And anoint me

My heart overflows

You will hide me

In the shadow

You are with me

-Jay Stocker

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Psalm 23

The Lord is my shepherd,

I shall not want.

He makes me lie down 

in green pastures;

He leads me beside quiet waters.

He restores my soul;

He guides me in the 

paths of righteousness

For His name’s sake.

Even though I walk through the valley of 

the shadow of death,

I fear no evil, for You are with me;

Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me 

in the presence of my enemies;

You have anointed my head with oil;

My cup overflows.

Surely goodness and lovingkindness 

will follow me all the days of my life,

And I will dwell in the house 

of the Lord forever.

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Thankfulness

-internet t-shirt

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Choosing Gratitude and being Thankful

-Meme; The Mind Perceptions

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Love is

-The Little Red Hen Quilt Shop

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Love

Love is patient

Love is kind

Love does not envy or boast

Love is not rude

Love is not self-seeking

Or easily angered

And it keeps no memory of wrong

It never delights in evil

But rejoices in truth

Love

Always protects

Always trusts

Love always hopes and perseveres

Love never fails

For God so loved the world

That He gave His only Son

That whoever believes in Him

They will never perish

They will love forever

For God is Love

Love never fails

God is Love

And Love never fails

-Jay Stocker

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1 Corinthians 13:4-8a

"Love is patient, 

love is kind and is not jealous; 

love does not brag and is not arrogant,

does not act unbecomingly; 

it does not seek its own, 

is not provoked, 

does not take into account a wrong suffered,

does not rejoice in unrighteousness, 

but rejoices with the truth;

bears all things, believes all things, 

hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails;"

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John 3:16-21

“For God so loved the world, 

that He gave His only begotten Son, 

that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, 

but have eternal life.

For God did not send the Son into 

the world to judge the world, 

but that the world might be saved through Him.

He who believes in Him is not judged; 

he who does not believe has been judged already, 

because he has not believed in the name 

of the only begotten Son of God.

This is the judgment, 

that the Light has come into the world, 

and men loved the darkness 

rather than the Light, 

for their deeds were evil.

For everyone who does evil hates the Light, 

and does not come to the Light for fear that 

his deeds will be exposed.

But he who practices the truth 

comes to the Light, 

so that his deeds may be manifested 

as having been wrought in God.”

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1 John 4:15-16

"Whoever confesses that 

Jesus is the Son of God, 

God abides in him, and he in God.

We have come to know and have 

believed the love which God has for us. 

God is love, and the one who abides 

in love abides in God, and God abides in Him."

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The Peace of God

-Red Petunias in flower box with Old Fashioned Pink Holly Hocks growing up through them :o)

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 Philippians 4:4-9

..."Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.

The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you."...

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The Peace Of God

Don't you worry about anything

Instead pray about everything

Tell God what you need

And thank Him for all He has done

And the peace of God

Far beyond what we can understand

Will guard your heart 

And your mind in Christ Jesus

-Jay Stocker

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Something to Think About

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The Mind Preceptions

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Something Sweet and Silly

-internet meme

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“Cease striving and know that I am God"

 -Alistair Begg

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Psalm 46

God is our refuge and strength,


A very present help in trouble.


Therefore we will not fear, 

though the earth should change


And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;


Though its waters roar and foam,


Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. 

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,


The holy dwelling places of the Most High.


God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved;


God will help her when morning dawns.


The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;


He raised His voice, the earth melted.


The Lord of hosts is with us;


The God of Jacob is our stronghold. 

Come, behold the works of the Lord,


Who has wrought desolations in the earth.


He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;


He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;


He burns the chariots with fire.


“Cease striving and know that I am God;


I will be exalted among the nations, 

I will be exalted in the earth.”


The Lord of hosts is with us;


The God of Jacob is our stronghold. 

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Be Still And Know             by Jay Stocker

Be still my soul

Be still and know that He is God

Rest quietly

Rest in His loving arms for--

He is watching over you

Ever faithful, ever true

So be still my soul

Be still and know that He is God.

Be still my soul

Be still and listen for His voice

Rest in His peace

Knowing how much He cares for-- 

He is watching over you

Ever faithful, ever true

So be still my soul

Be still and know that He is God.

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Psalm 37

7a "...Rest in the Lord 

and wait patiently for Him..."

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Preach the Word; Be Ready-with Great Patience...

-Iowa Country Road

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2 Timothy 4
 

..."I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. 

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. 

But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.

Make every effort to come to me soon; for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. 

Only Luke is with me. 

Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service. 

But Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. 

When you come bring the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments. 

Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. 

Be on guard against him yourself, for he vigorously opposed our teaching.

At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. 

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth. 

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus. 

Make every effort to come before winter. 

Eubulus greets you, also Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren.

The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you."

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2 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

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Trust Jesus as your own Savior. 

He is the  One and Only.

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Putting Out Fires

-Candair CL215

Firefighter

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2 Timothy 3

..."But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. 

For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith. 

But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes’s and Jambres’s folly was also.

Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance, persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me! 

Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 

But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 

You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work."

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TRUST in Jesus as your own Savior! 

In the Bible find John 3:16:

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

NOW...read His Word and LIVE your life for Him!

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Trainers Come in Many Shapes

-North American T-6G Texan, s/n 49-3367, photographed 8/6/95 at the Aurora, IL air show.

Remanufactured  from unknown older T-6 or SNJ. 

Photo by Glenn Chatfield

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Proverbs 22:6

..."Train up a child in the way he should go,

Even when he is old he will not depart from it."...

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2 Timothy 3:14-17

..."continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work."

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Psalm 139

"O Lord, You have searched me and known me.


You know when I sit down and when I rise up;


You understand my thought from afar.


You scrutinize my path and my lying down,


And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.


Even before there is a word on my tongue,


Behold, O Lord, You know it all.


You have enclosed me behind and before,


And laid Your hand upon me.


Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;


It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

Where can I go from Your Spirit?


Or where can I flee from Your presence?


If I ascend to heaven, You are there;


If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.


If I take the wings of the dawn,


If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,


Even there Your hand will lead me,


And Your right hand will lay hold of me.


If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,


And the light around me will be night,”


Even the darkness is not dark to You,


And the night is as bright as the day.


Darkness and light are alike to You.

For You formed my inward parts;


You wove me in my mother’s womb.


I will give thanks to You, 

for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;


Wonderful are Your works,


And my soul knows it very well.


My frame was not hidden from You,


When I was made in secret,


And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;


Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;


And in Your book were all written


The days that were ordained for me,


When as yet there was not one of them.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!


How vast is the sum of them!


If I should count them, 

they would outnumber the sand.


When I awake, I am still with You.

O that You would slay the wicked, O God;


Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.


For they speak against You wickedly,


And Your enemies take Your name in vain.


Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord?


And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?


I hate them with the utmost hatred;


They have become my enemies.

Search me, O God, and know my heart;


Try me and know my anxious thoughts;


And see if there be any hurtful way in me,


And lead me in the everlasting way.

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There are Fifty Things

-English Ivy with hot pink Impatiens

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There are fifty things I will always remember and fifty things I will always and forever give thanks for - to our loving God and Savior, Jesus! Praises to His Name and Glory forever!!

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The Road Before You: Choices

-Rural Iowa

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-Read the Bible for God's Wisdom

-Read God's Word, the Bible, to learn of Him

-Choosing Obedience to Honor God
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Psalm 11:10

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;

A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever."

Proverbs 1:7

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;

Fools despise wisdom and instruction."

Prov 2:6

"For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding."

Prov 11:2

"When pride comes, then comes dishonor, But with the humble is wisdom."

Prov 15:33

"The fear of the Lord is the instruction for wisdom, And before honor comes humility."

Matthew 7:24-27

 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”

Romans 11:33-36

"Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!

How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!

For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor? 

Or who has first given to Him that it might be paid back to him again?

For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. 

To Him be the glory forever. Amen."

Ephesians 1:15-23

"For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. 

These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all."

Colossians 4:5-6

"Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.

Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person."

James 1:2-6

"Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,  knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind."

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 May the LORD be glorified by our choices!

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