Resisting Pornography

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"Let love be sincere. Hate what is evil and hold to whatever is good. Love one another and be considerate. Outdo one another in mutual respect. Be zealous in fulfilling your duties. Be fervent in the Spirit and serve God.

"Have hope and be cheerful. Be patient in trials and pray constantly. Share with other Christians in need. With those passing by, be ready to receive them.

"Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not wish evil on anyone. Rejoice with hose who are joyful, and weep with those who weep. Live in peace with one another. Do not dream of extraordinary things; be humble and do not hold yourselves as wise."

ROMANS 12:9-16

"Mama Mary, thank you for leading me always to your Son, Jesus."

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When People Leave

Canon S45

"My dear friends, let us love one another for love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

"Those who do not love have not known God, for God is love.

"How did the love of God appear among us? God sent his only Son into this world that we might have life through him.

"This is love: not that we loved God but that he first loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

"Dear friends, if such has been the love of God, we, too, must love one another.

"No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love spreads freely among us.

"How may we know that we live in God and he in us? Because God has given us his Spirit.

"We ourselves have seen and declare that the Father sent his Son to save the world. Those who acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in them and they in God.

"We have known the love of God and have believed in it. God is love. The one who lives in love, lives in God and God in him."

1 JOHN 4:7-16

"Sacred Heart of Jesus, make my heart like Yours
that I may love people unconditionally."

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Believe

From www.movie-list.com

"They came to Jericho. As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth passing by, he began to call out, 'Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!' Many people scolded him and told him to keep quiet, but he shouted all the louder, 'Son of David, have mercy on me!'

"Jesus stopped and said, 'Call him.' So they called the blind man saying, 'Take heart. Get up, he is calling you.' He immediately threw aside his cloak, jumped up and went to Jesus.

"Then Jesus asked him, 'What do you want me to do for you?' The blind man said, 'Master, let me see again!' And Jesus said to him, 'Go your way, your faith has made you well.' And immediately he could see, and he followed Jesus along the road."

MARK 10:46-52

"Holy Spirit, give me the strength to trust in God."

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Servanthood

Canon S45

"They were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead. The Twelve were anxious and those who followed were afraid. Once more Jesus took the Twelve aside to tell them what was to happen to him, 'You see we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be given over to the chief priests and the teachers of the Law. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to the foreigners who will make fun of him, spit on him, scourge him and finally kill him; but three days later he will rise.'

"James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said to him, 'Master, we want you to grant us what we are going to ask you.' And he said, 'What do you want me to do for you?' They answered, 'Grant us to sit one at your right and one at your left when you come in your glory.'

"But Jesus said to them, 'You don't know what your are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink or be baptized in the way I am baptized?' They answered, 'We can.' And Jesus told them, 'The cup that I drink you will drink, and you will be baptized in the way I am baptized. But to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to grant. It has been prepared for others.'

"On hearing this, the other ten were angry with James and John; Jesus then called them to him and said, 'As you know, the so-called rulers of the nations act as tyrants and their great ones oppress them. But it shall not be so among you; whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you shall make himself slave of all. Think of the Son of Man who has not come to be served but to serve and to give his life to redeem many.'"

MARK 10:32-45

"Lord, grant me the grace to genuinely serve You
and Your people with humility."

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The Lord Smiled

"Peter spoke up and said, 'We have given up everything to follow you.' Jesus answered, 'Truly, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or children, or lands for my sake and for the Gospel, who will not receive his reward. I say to you: even in the midst of persecution he will receive a hundred times as many houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and lands in the present time and in the world to come eternal life. Do pay attention: Many who now are first will be last, and the last, first.'"

MARK 10:28-31

"Lord Jesus, grant me the grace to be generous.
However, let me do it for the right reasons
and grand me the grace to enjoy it with You. Amen."

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All Things Are Possible

From http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276032,00.html

"Just as Jesus was setting out on his journey again, a man ran up, knelt before him and asked, 'Good Master, what must I do to have eternal life?'

"Jesus answered, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: Do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat, honor your father and mother.' The man replied, 'I have obeyed all these commandments since my childhood.'

"Then Jesus looked steadily at him and loved him and he said, 'For you, one thing is lacking. Go sell what you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come and follow me.' On hearing these words, his face fell and he went away sorrowful for he was a man of great wealth.

"Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, 'How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!' The disciples were shocked at these words but Jesus insisted, 'Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.'

"They were more astonished than ever and wondered, 'Who, then, can be saved?' Jesus looked steadily at them and said, 'For humans it is impossible, but not for God; all things are possible with God.'"

MARK 10:17-27

"Lord God, Provider of all I need,
thank You for Your generous and faithful provision."

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Each Person Is A Gift

"The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a communion with the blood of Christ? And the bread that we break, is it not a communion with the body of Christ? The bread is one, and so we, though many, form one body, sharing the one bread."

1 CORINTHIANS 10:16-17

"Lord, help me to see each person as a gift.
And make me a gift to others, too."

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Crying And Sleeping

"People were bringing their little children to him to have him touch them, an the disciples rebuked them for this.

"When Jesus noticed it, he was very and said, 'Let the children come to me and don't stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.' Then he took the children in his arms and laying his hands on them, blessed them."

MARK 10:13-16

"God, I'm lost! I don't know what to do.
You're my only hope. I'm tired.
Rescue me that I may sleep in Your arms in peace."

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Getting Away With It?

"Jesus than left that place and went to the province of Judea, beyond the Jordan River. Once more crowds gathered around him and once more he taught them, as he always did. Some (Pharisees came and) put him to the test with this question, 'Is it right for a husband to divorce his wife?' He replied, 'What law did Moses give you?' They answered, 'Moses allowed us to write a certificate of dismissal in order to divorce.'

"Then Jesus said to them, 'Moses wrote this law for you, because you are stubborn. But in the beginning of creation God made them male and female, and because of this, man has to leave father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one body. So they are no longer two but one body. Therefore let no one separate what God has joined.'

"When they were indoors at home, the disciples again asked him about this and he told them, 'Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against his wife, and the woman who divorces her husband and marries another also commits adultery.'"

MARK 10:1-12

"Lord, make me sensitive to sin in my life.
Let me not tolerate it but instead repent of it quickly."

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Keeping Salty

Canon EOS 350D, f/8, 2.5 sec

"If anyone gives you a drink of water because you belong to Christ and bear his name, truly, I say to you, he will not go without reward.

"If anyone should cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble and sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a great millstone around his neck.

"If your hand makes you fall into sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter life without a hand than with two hands to go to hell, to the fire that never gets out. And if your foot makes you fall into sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter life without a foot than with both feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye makes you fall into sin, tear it out! It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than, keeping both eyes, to be thrown into hell where the worms that eat them never die, and the fire never goes out. The fire itself will preserve them.

"Salt is a good thing; but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another."

MARK 9:41-50

"Holy Spirit, salt me with the fire of Your love and Your peace."

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Sin Is Sin

From www.impawards.com

"Listen now, you who speaks like this, 'Today or tomorrow we will go off to this city and spend a year there; we will do business and make money.' You have no idea what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? No more than a mist which appears for a moment and then disappears. Instead of this, you should say, 'God willing, we will live and do this or that.' But no! You boast of your plans: this brazen pride is wicked. Anyone who knows what is good and does not do it, sins."

JAMES 4:13-17

"Heavenly Father, please give me an obedient and humble heart
willing to do Your will at all times."

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The Devil Wears Prada

From www.TheCinemaSource.com

"What causes these fights and quarrels among you? Is it not your inner longings which make war within your own selves? When you long for something you cannot have, you kill for it and when you do not get wheat you desire, you squabble and fight. The fact is, you do not have what you want because you do not pray for it. You pray for something and you do not get it because you pray with the wrong motive of indulging your pleasures. You adulterers! Don't you know that making friends with the world makes you enemies of God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be the world's friend becomes God's enemy.

"Surely, Scripture is not wrong when it says that our spirit tends towards excess. But God has something better to give, and Scripture also says, God opposes the proud but he gives his favor to the humble. Give in, then, to God; resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw close to God and he will come close to you. Clean your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, your doubters. Recognize your distress, be miserable and weep. Turn your laughter into tears and your joy into sadness. Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will raise you up."

JAMES 4:1-10

"Lord, lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil."

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Proven Wrong

From www.injusticebusters.com

"When they came to the place where they had left the disciples, they saw many people around and some teachers of the Law arguing with them. When the people saw Jesus, they were astonished and ran to greet them.

"He asked, 'What are you arguing about with them?' A man answered him from the crowd, 'Master, I brought my son to you for he has a dumb spirit. Whenever the spirit seizes him, it throws him down and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth and becomes stiff all over. I asked your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they could not.'

"Jesus replied, 'You faithless people. How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.' And they brought the boy to him.

"As soon as the spirit saw Jesus, it shook and convulsed the boy who fell on the ground and began rolling about, foaming at the mouth. Then Jesus asked the father, 'How long has this been happening to him?' He replied, 'From childhood. And it has often thrown him into the fire and into the water to destroy him. If you can do anything, have pity on us and help us.'

"Jesus said to him, 'Why do you say: "If you can?" All things are possible for one who believes.' Immediately the father of the boy cried out, 'I do believe, but help the little faith I have.'

"Jesus saw that the crowd was increasing rapidly, so he ordered the evil spirit, 'Dumb and deaf spirit, I command you: Leave the boy and never enter him again.' The evil spirit shook and convulsed the boy and with a terrible shriek came out. The boy lay like a corpse and people said, 'He is dead.' But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him and the boy stood up.

"After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, 'Why couldn't we drive out the spirit?' And he answered, 'Only prayer can drive out this kind, nothing else.'"

MARK 9:14-29

"Lord, nothing is impossible with You.
Your love conquers all."

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Smile #1

Canon EOS 350, f/4.5, 1/640 sec

"Yes, God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but may have eternal life. God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world; instead, through him the world is to be saved. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned. He who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the Name of the only Son of God."

JOHN 3:16-18

"Do you say, 'I love You Father' with smile #1
in your daily prayer and actions?"

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Tongue Power

Canon S45

"My brothers and sisters, don't all be teachers! You know that, as teachers, we will be judged most strictly; in fact, we make mistakes, like everybody else. A person who commits no offense in speech is perfect and capable of ruling the whole self. We put a bit into the horse's mouth to master it and, with this, we control its whole body. The same is true of ships: however big they are and driven by strong winds, they are guided by a tiny rudder. In the same way, the tongue is a tiny part of the body but it is capable of great things.

"A small flame is enough to set a huge forest on fire. The tongue is a similar flame; it is in itself a whole world of evil. It infects the whole being and sets fire to our world with the very fire of hell. Wild animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures of every kind are and have been ruled by the human species. Nobody, however, can control the tongue; it is an untiring whip, full of deadly poison. We use it to bless God, our Father, and also to curse those made in God's likeness. From the same mouth come both blessing and curse.

"Brothers and sisters this should not be the case."

JAMES 3:1-10

"Lord, help me control my tongue today.
Let the words I will speak bring life and encouragement.
May You be glorified in everything I say. Amen."

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God's Manor House

Canon EOS 350D, f/5, 1/50 sec

"What good is it, my brothers and sisters, to profess faith without showing works? Such faith has no power to save you. If a brother or sister is in need of clothes or food and one of you says, 'May things go well for you; be warm and satisfied,' without attending to their material needs, what good is that? So it is for faith without deeds: it is totally dead.

"Say to whoever challenges you, 'You have faith and I have good deeds; show me your faith apart from actions and I, for my part, will show you my faith in the way I act.' Do you believe there is one God? Well enough, but do not forget that the demons also believe and tremble with fear!

"You foolish one, do you have to be convinced that faith without deeds is useless? Think of our father Abraham. Was he not justified by the act of offering his son Isaac on the altar? So you see, his faith was active along with his deeds and became perfect by what he did. The word of Scripture was thus fulfilled, Abraham believed in God so he was considered a righteous person and he was called the friend of God.

"So you see, a person is acknowledged by works and not by faith alone.

"So, just as the body is dead without its spirit, so faith without deeds is also dead."

JAMES 2:14-24,26

"Lord Jesus, help us to be like You,
doing the will of the Father who sent You."

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Real Treasure

Canon S45

"Jesus set out with his disciples for the villages around Cesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked them, 'Who do people say I am?' And they told him, 'Some say you are John the Baptist; others say you are Elijah or one of the prophets.'

"Then Jesus asked them, 'But you, who do you say I am?' Peter answered, 'You are the Messiah.' And he ordered them not to tell anyone about him.

"Jesus then began to teach them that the Son of Man had to suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the Law. He would be killed and after three days rise again. Jesus said all this quite openly, so that Peter took him aside and began to protest strongly. But Jesus turning around, and looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter saying, 'Get behind me Satan! You are thinking, not as God does, but as people do.'"

MARK 8:27-33

"Thank You for being Lord and Savior of my life.
I will speak of Your glory at all times."

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Best Treatment

Canon S45

"As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain in my love. You will remain in my love if you keep my commandments, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love.

"I have told you all this, that my own joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. There is no greater love than this, to give one's life for one's friends; and you are my friends if you do what I command you.

I shall not call you servants any more, because servants do not know what their master is about. Instead I have called you friends, since I have made known to you everything I learned from my Father.

"You did not choose me; it was I who chose you and sent you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last. And everything you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

"This is my command, that you love one another.

"If the world hates you, remember that the world hated me before you. This would not be so if you belonged to the world, because the world loves its own. But you are not of the world since I have chosen you from the world; because of this the world hates. you."

JOHN 15:9-17

"Lord, teach me to love my family
the way they deserve to be loved."

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Lord, Help Me!

From www.art.com

"Happy are those who patiently endure trials, because afterwards they will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him. No one, when tempted, should say, 'This temptation comes from God.' God is never tempted and he can never tempt anyone. Instead, each of us is lured and enticed by our own evil desire. Once this desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin, when fully grown, gives birth to death.

"Do not be deceived, my beloved. Every good and perfect gift comes from above, from the Father of Light, in whom there is no change or shadow of a change. By his own will he gave us life through the Word of Truth, that we might be a kind of offering to him among his creatures."

JAMES 1:12-18

"Lord, against temptation and sin,
I cannot win without You!
Help me persevere, O God,
that You may bless me more! Amen."

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Only By Grace

Canon EOS 350D, f/4, 1/800 sec

"James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greetings to the twelve tribes scattered among the nations.

"Consider yourselves fortunate, my brothers and sisters, when you meet with every king of trial, for you know that the testing of your faith makes you steadfast. Let your steadfastness become perfect with deeds, that you yourselves may be perfect and blameless, without any defect.

"If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God who gives it all easily and unconditionally. But ask with faith, not doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave driven and tossed on the sea by the wind. Such a person should not expect anything from the Lord, since the doubter has two minds and his conduct will always be insecure.

"Let the believer who is poor boast in been uplifted, and let the rich one boast in being humbled, because he will pass away like the flower of the field. The sunrises and its heat dries the grass; the flower withers and its beauty vanishes. So, too, will the rich person fade away even in the midst of his pursuits."

JAMES 1:1-11

"I open my life to Your grace, Lord!
Grant me Your joy Your perseverance and Your perfection."

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How Great Is Our God

Canon S45

"When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. And suddenly out of the sky came a sound like a strong rushing wind and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. There appeared tongues as if of fire which parted and came to rest upon each one of them. All were filled with Holy Spirit and began to speak other languages, as the Spirit enabled them to speak.

"Staying in Jerusalem were religious Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd gathered, all excited because each heard them speaking in his own language. Beside themselves with amazement and wonder, they said, 'Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? How is it that we hear them in our own native language? Here are Parthians, Medes and Elamites and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia. Phryglia, Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and foreigners who accept Jewish beliefs. Cretians and Arabians; and all of us hear them proclaiming in our own language what God, the Savior, does."

ACTS 2:1-11

"Thank You, Lord, that I can speak and sing to You. Amen."

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Getting Close To Claudia Schiffer

From www.wallpapergate.com

"Peter looked back and saw that the disciple Jesus loved was following as well, the one who had reclined close to Jesus at the supper and had asked him, 'Lord, what about him?' Jesus answered, 'If I want him to remain until I come, does that concern you? Follow me.'

"Because of this, the rumor spread in the community that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus had not said to Peter, 'He will not die,' but 'suppose I want him to remain until I come.'

"It is this disciple who testifies about the things he has recorded here and we know that this testimony is true. But Jesus did many other things; if all were written down, the world itself would not hold the books recording them."

JOHN 21:20-25

"Lord, thank You for loving me!"

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A Tender "I Love You"

"After they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 'Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?' He answered, 'Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.' And Jesus said, 'Feed my lambs.'

"A second time Jesus said to him, 'Simon, son of John, do you love me?' And Peter answered, 'Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Look after my sheep.' And a third time he said to him, 'Simon, son of John, do you love me?'

"Peter was saddened because Jesus asked him a third time, 'Do you love me?' and he said, 'Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.'

"Jesus then said, 'Feed my sheep. truly, I say to you, when you were young you put on your belt and walked where you liked. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and another will put a belt around you and lead you where you do not wish to go.'

"Jesus said this to make know the kind of death by which Peter was to glorify God. And he added, 'Follow me.'"

JOHN 21:15-19

"Do we love the Lord on our own terms or on His?"

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Unforgivable

From www.inquirer.net

"'I pray not only for these but also for those who through their word will believe in me. May they all be one as you Father are in me and I am in you. May they be one in us; so the world may believe that you have sent me.

"'I have given them the Glory you have given me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. Thus they shall reach perfection in unity and the world shall know that you have sent me and that I have loved them just as you loved me.

"'Father, since you have given them to me, I want them to be with me where I am and see the Glory you gave me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

"'Righteous Father, the world has not known you but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me. As I revealed your Name to them, so will I continue to reveal it, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I also may be in them.'"

JOHN 17:20-26

"Lord, reveal Your love to me in a deeper way."

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The Hare And The Tortoise

From www.theplatelady.com

"'Holy Father, keep them in Your Name (that You have given Me,) so that they may be one, just as We are.

"'When I was with them, I kept them safe in Your Name, and not one was lost except the one who was already lost, and in this the Scripture was fulfilled. But now I am coming to You and I leave these my words in the world that my joy may be complete in them.

"'I have given them Your word and the world has hated them because they are not of the world; just as I am not of the world. I do not ask You to remove them from the world but to keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world; consecrate them in the truth--Your word is truth.

"'I have sent them into the world as You sent Me into the world, and for their sake, I go to the sacrifice by which I am consecrated, so that they too may be consecrated in truth.'"

JOHN 17:11b-19

"Lord, make me an instrument of Your unity and peace."

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Working For God

Canon EOS 350D, f/4, 1/250 sec

">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, give 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 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.'"

JOHN 17:1-11a

"Thank You, Father, for the talent You have entrusted me.
May I use it well to give You glory. Amen."

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Lonely But Not Alone

Canon EOS 350D, f/5.6, 1/650 sec

"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

"Lord, in my darkest times, let me know
that You are always at my side."

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Act Despite The Fear

Canon EOS 350D, f/10, 1/125 sec

"As for the Eleven disciples, they went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw Jesus, they bowed before him, although some doubted.

"Then Jesus approached them and said, 'I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples from all nations. Baptize them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to fulfill all that I have commanded you. I am with you always until the end of this world."

MATTHEW 28:16-20

"Lord, teach me to trust in You and act despite the fear."

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Way, Truth, Life!

Canon EOS 350D, f/11, 1/250 sec

"Jesus said, 'I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me. If you know me, you will know the Father also; indeed you know him and you have seen him.'

"Philip asked him, 'Lord, show us the Father and that is enough.' Jesus said to him, 'What! I have been with you so long and you still do not know me, Phiiip? Whoever sees me sees the Father; how can you say: "Show us the Father?" Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?

"'All that I say to you, I do not say of myself. The Father who dwells in me is doing his own work Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; at least believe it on the evidence of these works that I do.

"'Truly, I say to you the one who believes in me will do the same works that I do; and he will even be greater than these, for I am going to the Father. Everything you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. And everything you ask in calling upon my Name, I will do.'"

JOHN 14:6-14

"Walk Jesus' Way;
believe Jesus' Truth;
and live Jesus' Life!"

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A Birthday Gift

"'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

"You overwhelm me with Your generosity, Lord.
Thank You so much!"

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Tough Act

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"He went to his hometown and taught the people in their synagogue. They were amazed and said, 'Where did he get this wisdom and these special powers? Isn't he the carpenter's son? Isn't Mary his mother and aren't James, Joseph, Simon and Judas his brothers? Aren't all his sisters living here? How did he get all this?' And so they took offense at him.

"Jesus said to them, 'The only place where prophets are not welcome is their hometown and in their own family.' And he did not perform many miracles there because of their lack of faith."

MATTHEW 13:54-58

"Lord, when I am rejected, cheer me up."

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