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Cheryl Merritt

highlighted Jeremiah 20:13 NLT

Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For though I was poor and needy, he rescued me from my oppressors.

Aug 2

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highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:17 NLT

I said to myself, “In due season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their deeds.”

Aug 1

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highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:13 NLT

And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.

Aug 1

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highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:12 NLT

So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can.

Aug 1

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highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:11 NLT

Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.

Aug 1

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highlighted Romans 5:21 NLT

So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God’s wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Jul 21

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highlighted Romans 5:11 NLT

So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.

Jul 21

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highlighted Romans 5:6 NLT

When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.

Jul 21

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highlighted Romans 5:4 NLT

And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.

Jul 21

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highlighted Romans 5:3 NLT

We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.

Jul 21

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highlighted Romans 5:2 NLT

Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.

Jul 21

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highlighted Romans 4:25 NLT

He was handed over to die because of our sins, and he was raised to life to make us right with God.

Jul 21

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highlighted Romans 4:24 NLT

for our benefit, too, assuring us that God will also count us as righteous if we believe in him, the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

Jul 21

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highlighted Romans 4:21 NLT

He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises.

Jul 21

So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift. And we are all certain to receive it, whether or not we live according to the law of Moses, if we have faith like Abraham’s. For Abraham is the father of all who believe.

Jul 21

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highlighted Romans 4:5 NLT

But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.

Jul 21

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highlighted Romans 4:7 KJV

Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

Jul 21

Cheryl Merritt

highlighted John 1:51 KJV

And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

Jul 17

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highlighted John 1:29 KJV

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Jul 17

Cheryl Merritt

highlighted James 1:5 ESV

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

Jul 10

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