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Tag Archives: hymn
Cheek
Lamentations 3:30-33 “Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, and let him be filled with disgrace. For men are not cast off by the Lord forever. Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great … Continue reading
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Fire and Water
Psalm 66:12b, 19b-20 “…we went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of abundance…God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his … Continue reading
Courage
Deuteronomy 31:7-8, 34:9a “Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, ‘Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their forefathers to give … Continue reading
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Flesh
Matthew 14:25-26, 29b-31a “During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. ‘It’s a ghost,’ they said, and cried out in … Continue reading
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Abiding
Deuteronomy 30:11-14 “Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it and … Continue reading
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Shepherd’s Song
1 Samuel 16:23 “Whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would take his harp and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.” Mark 14:26-27 “When they had … Continue reading
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Gifts of Light
Psalm 119:129-130 “Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them. The unfolding of your word gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.” James 1:17 “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the … Continue reading
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Shepherd
Exodus 2:11b-12, 15-17 “[Moses] saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand…When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried … Continue reading
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Thorns
Genesis 3:17-18 “To Adam [God] said, ‘…Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the … Continue reading
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Eagle
Deuteronomy 32:10-11 “In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye, like an eagle that stirs up its nest and … Continue reading
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