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Vicki Stephens-Parent

After this, Jesus, aknowing that all things had already been accomplished, bto fulfill the Scripture, said, "cI am thirsty."A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so athey put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.

Nov 20

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Revelation 2:4-29 NASB

'Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be atested, and you will have tribulation bfor ten days. Be cfaithful until death, and I will give you dthe crown of life.'aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. bHe who overcomes will not be hurt by the csecond death.'"And to the angel of the church in aPergamum write:'I know where you dwell, where aSatan's throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny bMy faith even in the days of Antipas, My cwitness, My dfaithful one, who was killed among you, ewhere Satan dwells.'But aI have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the bteaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, cto eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality.'So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the aNicolaitans.'Therefore arepent; or else bI am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with cthe sword of My mouth.'aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. aTo him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden bmanna, and I will give him a white stone, and a cnew name written on the stone dwhich no one knows but he who receives it.'"And to the angel of the church in aThyatira write:'aI know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first.'But aI have this against you, that you tolerate the woman bJezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they ccommit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.'aI gave her time to repent, and she bdoes not want to repent of her immorality.'Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who acommit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds.'And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who asearches the minds and hearts; and bI will give to each one of you according to your deeds.'But I say to you, the rest who are in aThyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the bdeep things of Satan, as they call them--I cplace no other burden on you.'Nevertheless awhat you have, hold fast buntil I come.'aHe who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds buntil the end, cTO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS;AND HE SHALL aRULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, bAS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father;and I will give him athe morning star.'aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.''But I have this against you, that you have aleft your first love.'Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and arepent and bdo the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your clampstand out of its place--unless you repent.'Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the aNicolaitans, which I also hate.'aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. bTo him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of cthe tree of life which is in the dParadise of God.'"And to the angel of the church in aSmyrna write:'I know your atribulation and your bpoverty (but you are brich), and the blasphemy by those who csay they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of dSatan.

Nov 20

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Revelation 2:1-3 NASB

"To the angel of the church in aEphesus write:'aI know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you bput to the test those who call themselves capostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;and you have perseverance and have endured afor My name's sake, and have not grown weary.

Nov 20

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Revelation 1:19-20 NASB

"Therefore awrite bthe things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place cafter these things."As for the amystery of the bseven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the cseven golden lampstands: the bseven stars are the angels of dthe seven churches, and the seven elampstands are the seven churches.

Nov 20

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Revelation 1:12-18 NASB

Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw aseven golden lampstands;and ain the middle of the lampstands I saw one blike a son of man, cclothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and dgirded across His chest with a golden sash.His head and His ahair were white like white wool, like snow; and bHis eyes were like a flame of fire.His afeet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His bvoice was like the sound of many waters.In His right hand He held aseven stars, and out of His mouth came a bsharp two-edged sword; and His cface was like dthe sun shining in its strength.When I saw Him, I afell at His feet like a dead man. And He bplaced His right hand on me, saying, "cDo not be afraid; dI am the first and the last,and the aliving One; and I bwas dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have cthe keys of death and of Hades.

Nov 20

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Revelation 1:11 NASB

saying, "aWrite in a book what you see, and send it to the bseven churches: to cEphesus and to dSmyrna and to ePergamum and to fThyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."

Nov 20

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Revelation 1:9-10 NASB

I was ain the Spirit on bthe Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice clike the sound of a trumpet,aI, John, your bbrother and cfellow partaker in the tribulation and dkingdom and eperseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos fbecause of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Nov 20

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Revelation 1:8 NASB

"I am athe Alpha and the Omega," says the bLord God, "cwho is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

Nov 20

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Revelation 1:7 NASB

aBEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and bevery eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will cmourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.

Nov 20

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Revelation 1:1-6 NASB

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which aGod gave Him to bshow to His bond-servants, cthe things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it dby His angel to His bond-servant eJohn,who testified to athe word of God and to bthe testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.aBlessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; bfor the time is near.aJohn to bthe seven churches that are in cAsia: dGrace to you and peace, from eHim who is and who was and who is to come, and from fthe seven Spirits who are before His throne,and from Jesus Christ, athe faithful witness, the bfirstborn of the dead, and the cruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who dloves us and released us from our sins by His blood--and He has made us to be a akingdom, apriests to bHis God and Father--cto Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Nov 20

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Matthew 10:41-42 NASB

"aHe who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward."And awhoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."

Nov 17

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Luke 2:52 NASB

And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in afavor with God and men.

Nov 17

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Luke 2:50-51 NASB

But athey did not understand the statement which He had made to them.And He went down with them and came to aNazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and bHis mother ctreasured all these things in her heart.

Nov 17

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Luke 2:49 NASB

And He said to them, "Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that aI had to be in My Father's house?"

Nov 17

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Luke 2:41-48 NASB

Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at athe Feast of the Passover.And when He became twelve, they went up there according to the custom of the Feast;and as they were returning, after spending the afull number of days, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. But His parents were unaware of it,but supposed Him to be in the caravan, and went a day's journey; and they began looking for Him among their relatives and acquaintances.When they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem looking for Him.Then, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.And all who heard Him awere amazed at His understanding and His answers.When they saw Him, they were astonished; and aHis mother said to Him, "Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, bYour father and I have been anxiously looking for You."

Nov 17