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Pentax S50

"After saying this, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, 'Father, the hour has come; give glory to your Son, that the Son may give glory to you. You have given him power over all mortals, and you want him to bring eternal life to all you have entrusted to him. For this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the One you sent, Jesus Christ.

"'I have glorified you on earth and finished the work that you gave me to do. Now, Father, gvie me in your presence the same Glory I had with you before the world began.

"'I have made your name known to those you gave me from the world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they kept your word. And now they know that all you have given me comes indeed from you. I have given them the teaching I received from you, and they received it and know in truth that I came from you; and they believe that you have sent me.

"'I pray for them; I do not pray for the world but for those who belong to you and whom you have given to me--indeed all I have is yours and all you have is mine--and now they are my glory. I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world whereas I am going to you. Holy Father, keep them in your Name (that you have given me,) so that they may be one, just as we are.'"

JOHN 17:1-11

"For our sustenance, we look to You alone."

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Superhero

"The disciples said to him, 'Now you are speaking plainly and not in veiled language! Now we see that you know all things, even before we question you. Because of this we believe that you came from God.'

"Jesus answered them, 'You say that you believe! The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each one to his home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

"'I have told you all this, so that in me you may have peace. You will have trouble in the world; but, courage! I have overcome the world.'"

JOHN 16:29-33

"Jesus, You are my Superhero. Teach me to trust You in everything I do today. And when I am overwhelmed by challenges of today, remind me that You 'have conquered the world'."

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Legacy Of Hope

Canon EOS 350D, f/4, 15 sec

"In the first part of my work, Theophilus, I wrote of all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning until the day when he ascended to heaven.

"But first he had instructed through the Holy Spirit the apostles he had chosen. After his passion, he presented himself to them, giving many signs that he was alive; over a period of forty days he appeared to them and taught them concerning the Kingdom of God. Once when he had been eating with them, he told them, 'Do not leave Jerusalem but wait for the fulfillment of the Father's promise about which I have spoken to you: John baptized with water, but you will be baptize with the Holy Spirit within a few days.'

"When they had come together, they asked him, 'Is it now that you will restore the Kingdom of Israel?' And he answered, 'It is not for you to know the time and the steps which the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the earth.'

"After Jesus said this, he wast taken up before their eyes and a cloud hid him from their sight. While they were still looking up to heaven where he went, suddenly, two men dressed in white stood beside them and said, 'Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up at the sky? This Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven, will return in the same way as you have seen him go there.'"

ACTS 1:1-11

"Bless me, Lord, that I may be a good witness."

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Prayers For A Servant Of God

Canon EOS 350D, f/5.6, 1/125 sec

"When that day come you will not ask me anything. Truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my Name, he will give you. So far you have not asked in my Name; ask and receive that your joy may be full.

"I taught you all this in veiled language, but the time is coming when I shall no longer speak in veiled language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

"When that day comes, you will ask in my Name and it will not be for me to ask the Father for you."

JOHN 16:23-28

"Lord, those who are bowed down with burdens You lift up,
and they do not fall because You are their support."
excerpt from the "Confessions" by St. Augustine"

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God Will Make A Way

Canon S45

"Truly, I say to you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy. A woman in childbirth is in distress because her time is at hand. But after the child is born, she no longer remembers her suffering because of such great joy: a human being is born into the world.

"You feel sorrowful now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice. And no one will take your joy from you. When that day comes you will not ask me anything. Truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my Name, He will give you."

JOHN 16:20-23

"When trials block my way, guide me, Lord,
that I may reach the Promised Land."

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Backseat Driver

Pentax S50

"After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, following a decree of the Emperor Claudius which ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them and then stayed and worked with them because they shared the same trade of tentmaking. Every sabbath he held discussions in the synagogue, trying to convince both Jews and Greeks.

"When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was able to give himself wholly to preaching and proving to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. One day when they opposed him and insulted him, he shook the dust from his clothes in protest, saying, 'You yourselves will account for your deeds! I am not to blame if from now on I go to the non-Jews.'

"So Paul left there and went to the house of a God-fearing man named Titus Justus who lived next door to the synagogue. A leading man of the synagogue, Crispus, along with his hole househodl, believed in the Lord. On hearing Paul, many more Corinthians believed and were baptized."

ACTS 18:1-8

"Lord, guide me; don't let me go astray on my way to You."

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Look Around

Canon S45

"Paul was taken as far as Athens by his escort, who then returned to Beroea with instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible.

"Then Paul stood up in the Areopagus hall and said, 'Athenian citizens, I note that in every way you are very religious. As I walked around looking at your shrines, I even discovered an altar with this inscription: To an unknown God. Now, what you worship as unknown, I intend to make known to you.

"'God, who made the world and all that is in it, does not dwell in sanctuaries made by human hands, being as he is Lord of heaven and earth. Nor does his worship depend on anything made by human hands, as if he were in need. Rather it is he who gives life and breath and everything else to everyone. From one stock he created the whole human race to live throughout all the earth, and he fixed the time and the boundaries of each nation. He wanted them to seek him by themselves, even if it were only by groping for him, and eventually to find him.

"'Yet he is not far from any one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being, as some of your poets have said: for we too are his offspring. If we are indeed God's offspring, we ought not to think of divinity as something like a statue of gold or silver or stone, a product of human art and imagination.

"'But now God prefers to overlook this time of ignorance and he calls on all people to change their ways. He has already set a day on which he will judge the world with justice through a man he has appointed. And, so that all may believe it, he has just given a sign by raising this man from the dead.'

"When they heard Paul speak of a resurrection from death, some made fun of him, while others said, 'We must hear you on this topic some other time.' At that point Paul left. But a few did join him, and believed. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus court, a woman named Damaris, and some others.

"After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth."

ACTS 17:15, 22-18:1

"I am surrounded by beauty of Your creations. Thank You, Lord."

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