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Vicki Stephens-Parent

"aIf you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as bI have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love."aThese things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your bjoy may be made full."This is aMy commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you."aGreater love has no one than this, that one blay down his life for his friends."You are My afriends if byou do what I command you."No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for aall things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you."aYou did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bbear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that cwhatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you."This aI command you, that you love one another."aIf the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you."If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but aI chose you out of the world, bbecause of this the world hates you."Remember the word that I said to you, 'aA slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, bthey will also persecute you; if they ckept My word, they will keep yours also."But all these things they will do to you afor My name's sake, bbecause they do not know the One who sent Me."aIf I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin."He who hates Me hates My Father also."aIf I had not done among them bthe works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well."But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their aLaw, 'bTHEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.'"When the aHelper comes, bwhom I will send to you from the Father, that is cthe Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, dHe will testify about Me,and ayou will testify also, because you have been with Me bfrom the beginning."Just as athe Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.

Oct 30

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted John 15:1-7 NASB

"aI am the true vine, and My Father is the bvinedresser."Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit."aYou are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you."aAbide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me."I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he abears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing."If anyone does not abide in Me, he is athrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned."If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, aask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

Oct 30

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted John 15:8 NASB

"My aFather is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so bprove to be My disciples.

Oct 30

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted 1 Corinthians 11:1-23 NASB

Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.However, in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and aall things originate bfrom God.aJudge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering.But if one is inclined to be contentious, awe have no other practice, nor have bthe churches of God.But in giving this instruction, aI do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that adivisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.For there amust also be factions among you, bso that those who are approved may become evident among you.aBe imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper,for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and aanother is drunk.What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the achurch of God and bshame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall cI praise you? In this I will not praise you.For aI received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that bthe Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread;Now aI praise you because you bremember me in everything and chold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.But I want you to understand that Christ is the ahead of every man, and bthe man is the head of a woman, and God is the chead of Christ.Every man who has something on his head while praying or aprophesying disgraces his head.But every awoman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is bshaved.For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her cover her head.For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the aimage and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.For aman does not originate from woman, but woman from man;for indeed man was not created for the woman's sake, but awoman for the man's sake.

Oct 27

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted 1 Corinthians 11:24-25 NASB

and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me."In the same way He took athe cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the bnew covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."

Oct 27

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Isaiah 53:1-12 NASB

But the Lord was pleased To acrush Him, bputting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt coffering, He will see dHis offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good epleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will asee it and be satisfied; By His bknowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will cbear their iniquities.Therefore, I will allot Him a aportion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out bHimself to death, And was cnumbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself dbore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors.aWho has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?For He grew up before Him like a atender shoot, And like a root out of parched ground; He has bno stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.He was adespised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and bacquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was cdespised, and we did not desteem Him.Surely our griefs He Himself abore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of bGod, and afflicted.But He was pierced through for aour transgressions, He was crushed for bour iniquities; The cchastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by dHis scourging we are healed.All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not aopen His mouth; bLike a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth.By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living aFor the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a arich man in His death, bBecause He had cdone no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

Oct 27

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Jeremiah 31:1-40 NASB

Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, And declare in the acoastlands afar off, And say, "He who scattered Israel will bgather him And keep him as a cshepherd keeps his flock."For the Lord has aransomed Jacob And redeemed him from the hand of him who was bstronger than he."They will acome and shout for joy on the bheight of Zion, And they will be cradiant over the bounty of the Lord-- Over the dgrain and the new wine and the oil, And over the young of the eflock and the herd; And their life will be like a fwatered garden, And they will never languish again."Then the virgin will rejoice in the adance, And the young men and the old, together, For I will bturn their mourning into joy And will comfort them and give them cjoy for their sorrow."I will fill the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people will be asatisfied with My goodness," declares the Lord.Thus says the Lord, "aA voice is heard in bRamah, Lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She crefuses to be comforted for her children, Because dthey are no more."Thus says the Lord, "aRestrain your voice from weeping And your eyes from tears; For your bwork will be rewarded," declares the Lord, "And they will creturn from the land of the enemy."There is ahope for your future," declares the Lord, "And your children will return to their own territory."I have surely heard Ephraim agrieving, 'You have bchastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained ccalf; dBring me back that I may be restored, For You are the Lord my God.'For after I turned back, I arepented; And after I was instructed, I bsmote on my thigh; I was cashamed and also humiliated Because I bore the reproach of my youth.'"At that time," declares the Lord, "I will be the aGod of all the bfamilies of Israel, and they shall be My people.""Is aEphraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; Therefore My bheart yearns for him; I will surely chave mercy on him," declares the Lord."Set up for yourself roadmarks, Place for yourself guideposts; aDirect your mind to the highway, The way by which you went. bReturn, O virgin of Israel, Return to these your cities."How long will you go here and there, O afaithless daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth-- A woman will encompass a man."Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, "Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I arestore their fortunes, 'The Lord bless you, O babode of righteousness, O choly hill!'"Judah and all its cities will adwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks."aFor I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes."At this I aawoke and looked, and my bsleep was pleasant to me."Behold, days are coming," declares the Lord, "when I will asow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast."As I have awatched over them to bpluck up, to break down, to overthrow, to destroy and to bring disaster, so I will watch over them to cbuild and to plant," declares the Lord."In those days they will not say again, 'aThe fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.'Thus says the Lord, "The people who survived the sword aFound grace in the wilderness-- Israel, when it went to bfind its rest.""But aeveryone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge."aBehold, days are coming," declares the Lord, "when I will make a bnew covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,not like the acovenant which I made with their fathers in the day I btook them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My ccovenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them," declares the Lord."But athis is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the Lord, "bI will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and cI will be their God, and they shall be My people."They will anot teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they will all bknow Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares the Lord, "for I will cforgive their iniquity, and their dsin I will remember no more."Thus says the Lord, Who agives the sun for light by day And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who bstirs up the sea so that its waves roar; cThe Lord of hosts is His name:"aIf this fixed order departs From before Me," declares the Lord, "Then the offspring of Israel also will bcease From being a nation before Me forever."Thus says the Lord, "aIf the heavens above can be measured And the foundations of the earth searched out below, Then I will also bcast off all the offspring of Israel For all that they have done," declares the Lord."Behold, days are coming," declares the Lord, "when the acity will be rebuilt for the Lord from the bTower of Hananel to the cCorner Gate."The ameasuring line will go out farther straight ahead to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah.The Lord appeared to him from afar, saying, "I have aloved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with blovingkindness."And athe whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook bKidron, to the corner of the cHorse Gate toward the east, shall be dholy to the Lord; it will not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.""aAgain I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again you will take up your btambourines, And go forth to the dances of the cmerrymakers."Again you will aplant vineyards On the hills of Samaria; The planters will plant And will enjoy them."For there will be a day when watchmen On the hills of Ephraim call out, 'Arise, and alet us go up to Zion, To the Lord our God.'"For thus says the Lord, "aSing aloud with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the bchief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise and say, 'O Lord, csave Your people, The dremnant of Israel.'"Behold, I am abringing them from the north country, And I will bgather them from the remote parts of the earth, Among them the cblind and the dlame, The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together; A great company, they will return here."aWith weeping they will come, And by supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk by bstreams of waters, On a straight path in which they will cnot stumble; For I am a dfather to Israel, And Ephraim is eMy firstborn."

Oct 27

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Jeremiah 33:2-26 NASB

"Thus says the Lord, 'Yet again there will be heard in this place, of which you say, "It is a awaste, without man and without beast," that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are bdesolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast,the voice of ajoy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, "bGive thanks to the Lord of hosts, For the Lord is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting";"Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'There will again be in this place which is waste, awithout man or beast, and in all its cities, a habitation of shepherds who rest their bflocks.'In the acities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again bpass under the hands of the one who numbers them,' says the Lord.'Behold, adays are coming,' declares the Lord, 'when I will bfulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah.'In those days and at that time I will cause a arighteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute bjustice and righteousness on the earth.'In those days aJudah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell in safety; and this is the name by which she will be called: the bLord is our righteousness.'"For thus says the Lord, 'David shall anever lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;and the aLevitical priests shall never lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to bprepare sacrifices continually.'"The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,"Thus says the Lord, 'If you can abreak My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,then aMy covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers.'As the ahost of heaven cannot be counted and the bsand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will cmultiply the descendants of David My servant and the dLevites who minister to Me.'"And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,"Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, 'The atwo families which the Lord chose, He has brejected them'? Thus they cdespise My people, no longer are they as a nation in their sight."Thus says the Lord, 'If My acovenant for day and night stand not, and the fixed patterns of heaven and earth I have bnot established,then I would areject the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, not taking from his descendants brulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will crestore their fortunes and will have dmercy on them.'""Thus says athe Lord who made the earth, the Lord who formed it to establish it, the bLord is His name,'aCall to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you bgreat and mighty things, cwhich you do not know.'"For thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning the ahouses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are broken down to make a defense against the bsiege ramps and against the sword,'While they are coming to afight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My wrath, and I have bhidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness:'Behold, I will bring to it ahealth and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an babundance of peace and truth.'I will arestore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel and will brebuild them as they were at first.'I will acleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me.'It will be to Me a aname of joy, praise and glory before ball the nations of the earth which will hear of all the cgood that I do for them, and they will dfear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.'

Oct 27

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Jeremiah 33:1 NASB

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still aconfined in the court of the guard, saying,

Oct 27

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Matthew 24:14 NASB

"This agospel of the kingdom bshall be preached in the whole cworld as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Oct 23

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Mark 13:1-37 NASB

"aThe gospel must first be preached to all the nations."aWhen they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit."Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death."aYou will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved."But awhen you see the bABOMINATION OF DESOLATION standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains."aThe one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house;and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat."But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!"But pray that it may not happen in the winter."For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred asince the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will.aAs He was going out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, "Teacher, behold what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!""Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days."And then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ'; or, 'Behold, He is there'; do not believe him;for false Christs and afalse prophets will arise, and will show bsigns and bwonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect."But take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance."But in those days, after that tribulation, aTHE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT,aAND THE STARS WILL BE FALLING from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken."Then they will see aTHE SON OF MAN bCOMING IN CLOUDS with great power and glory."And then He will send forth the angels, and awill gather together His elect from the four winds, bfrom the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven."Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near."Even so, you too, when you see these things happening, recognize that He is near, right at the door.And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? aNot one stone will be left upon another which will not be torn down.""Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place."Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away."aBut of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone."Take heed, akeep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come."aIt is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert."Therefore, abe on the alert--for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or bwhen the rooster crows, or cin the morning--in case he should come suddenly and find you aasleep."What I say to you I say to all, 'aBe on the alert!'"As He was sitting on athe Mount of Olives opposite the temple, bPeter and James and John and Andrew were questioning Him privately,"Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are going to be fulfilled?"And Jesus began to say to them, "See to it that no one misleads you."Many will come in My name, saying, 'aI am He!' and will mislead many."When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end."For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs."But be on your guard; for they will adeliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged ain the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.

Oct 23

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Luke 24:33-35 NASB

And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and afound gathered together the eleven and bthose who were with them,saying, "aThe Lord has really risen and bhas appeared to Simon."They began to relate their experiences on the road and how aHe was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

Oct 23

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Luke 24:37 NASB

But they were startled and frightened and thought that they were seeing aa spirit.

Oct 23

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Luke 24:40 NASB

And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet.

Oct 23

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Luke 24:42-43 NASB

They gave Him a piece of a broiled fish;and He took it and aate it before them.

Oct 23

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Luke 24:41 NASB

While they still acould not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He said to them, "bHave you anything here to eat?"

Oct 23

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Luke 24:38-39 NASB

And He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?"aSee My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; btouch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have."

Oct 23

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Luke 24:36 NASB

While they were telling these things, aHe Himself stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be to you."

Oct 23

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Luke 24:45 NASB

Then He aopened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

Oct 23

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Luke 24:50-53 NASB

And He led them out as far as aBethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven.And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,and were continually in the temple praising God.

Oct 23

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