Maria Esther Torres
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Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Acts 24:6 ESV
He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Acts 24:3-4 ESV
in every way and everywhere we accept this with all gratitude.But, to detain you no further, I beg you in your kindness to hear us briefly.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Acts 24:5 ESV
For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Acts 24:2 ESV
And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: "Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight, most excellent Felix, reforms are being made for this nation,
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Psalms 100:5 ESV
For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Psalms 100:4 ESV
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Psalms 100:3 ESV
Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Psalms 100:2 ESV
Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 58:14 ESV
then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 58:13 ESV
"If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly;
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 58:12 ESV
And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 58:11 ESV
And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 58:10 ESV
if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 58:9 ESV
Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.' If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 58:8 ESV
Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 58:7 ESV
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 58:6 ESV
"Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 58:5 ESV
Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 58:4 ESV
Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with a wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high.
Dec 12
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Isaiah 58:3 ESV
'Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?' Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.
Dec 12