The Cup
Matthew 20:20-22 AMPC Then the mother of Zebedee's children came up to Him with her sons and, kneeling, worshiped Him and asked a favour of Him. [21] And He asked her, What do you wish? She answered Him, Give orders that these two sons of mine may sit, one at Your right hand and one at Your left in Your kingdom. [22] But Jesus replied, You do not realise what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink and to be baptised with the baptism with which
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Healing oil
Isaiah 61:1-3 NKJV "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; [2] To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, (This is where Jesus stopped reading from the scroll in the Nazareth synagogue on that Sabbath so long ago, at the start of His ministry - Luke 4:17-21) And the day of ve
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From Lo Debar
2 Samuel 9:3-8,13 NKJV Then the king said, "Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show the kindness of God?" And Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan who is lame in his feet." [4] So the king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "Indeed he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar." [5] Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar. [6] Now when Mep
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Knowing
Job 19:23-27 NKJV "Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book! [24] That they were engraved on a rock With an iron pen and lead, forever! [25] For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth; [26] And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God, [27] Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! For all Jobs sufferings and loss, for wh
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How long?
Revelation 6:9-11 NKJV When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. [10] And they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" [11] Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fello
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Remember & learn
Job 7:6-10 NKJV "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope. [7] Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye will never again see good. [8] The eye of him who sees me will see me no more; While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be. [9] As the cloud disappears and vanishes away, So he who goes down to the grave does not come up. [10] He shall never return to his house, Nor shall his place know him anymore. These are the words of Job, but c
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Good out of evil!
Genesis 50:17-21 NKJV 'Thus you shall say to Joseph: "I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin; for they did evil to you."' Now, please, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. [18] Then his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, "Behold, we are your servants." [19] Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God? [20] But as for you, yo
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