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Vicki Stephens-Parent

We agrope along the wall like blind men, We grope like those who have no eyes; We bstumble at midday as in the twilight, Among those who are vigorous we are clike dead men.All of us growl like bears, And amoan sadly like doves; We hope for bjustice, but there is none, For salvation, but it is far from us.For our atransgressions are multiplied before You, And our bsins testify against us; For our transgressions are with us, And we know our iniquities:Transgressing and adenying the Lord, And turning away from our God, Speaking boppression and revolt, Conceiving in and cuttering from the heart lying words.Therefore ajustice is far from us, And righteousness does not overtake us; We bhope for light, but behold, darkness, For brightness, but we walk in gloom.

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Isaiah 59:5-8 NASB

They hatch adders' eggs and aweave the spider's web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will they acover themselves with their works; Their bworks are works of iniquity, And an cact of violence is in their hands.aTheir feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; bTheir thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways.They do not know the away of peace, And there is bno justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, cWhoever treads on them does not know peace.

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Isaiah 59:1-4 NASB

Behold, athe Lord'S hand is not so short That it cannot save; bNor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear.But your ainiquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does bnot hear.For your ahands are defiled with blood And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken bfalsehood, Your tongue mutters wickedness.aNo one sues righteously and bno one pleads honestly. They ctrust in confusion and speak lies; They dconceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Isaiah 58:12-14 NASB

"Those from among you will arebuild the ancient ruins; You will braise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the cbreach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell."If because of the sabbath, you aturn your foot From doing your own pleasure on My holy day, And call the sabbath a bdelight, the holy day of the Lord honorable, And honor it, desisting from your cown ways, From seeking your own pleasure And dspeaking your own word,Then you will take adelight in the Lord, And I will make you ride bon the heights of the earth; And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, For the cmouth of the Lord has spoken."

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Matthew 12:17-21 NASB

This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:"aBEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; bMY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL is WELL-PLEASED; cI WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, aAND HE SHALL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES."aHE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY OUT; NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS."aA BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT, UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO VICTORY."aAND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE."

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Matthew 12:15-16 NASB

But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and aHe healed them all,and awarned them not to tell who He was.

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Matthew 12:14 NASB

But the Pharisees went out and aconspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Matthew 12:12-13 NASB

"aHow much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."Then He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" aHe stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other.

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Matthew 12:11 NASB

And He said to them, "aWhat man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Matthew 12:10 NASB

And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, "aIs it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"--so that they might accuse Him.

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Mark 2:23-28 NASB

aAnd it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while bpicking the heads of grain.The Pharisees were saying to Him, "Look, awhy are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"And He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry;how he entered the house of God in the time of aAbiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which bis not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?"Jesus said to them, "aThe Sabbath was made for man, and bnot man for the Sabbath."So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Exodus 31:2-11 NASB

the awoven garments as well, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, with which to carry on their priesthood;athe anointing oil also, and the bfragrant incense for the holy place, they are to make them according to all that I have commanded you.""See, I have called by name Bezalel, the ason of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah."I have afilled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship,to make artistic designs for work in gold, in silver, and in bronze,and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship."And behold, I Myself have appointed with him aOholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are skillful I have put skill, that they may make all that I have commanded you:athe tent of meeting, and bthe ark of testimony, and cthe mercy seat upon it, and all the furniture of the tent,athe table also and its utensils, and the bpure gold lampstand with all its utensils, and cthe altar of incense,athe altar of burnt offering also with all its utensils, and bthe laver and its stand,

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Exodus 31:1 NASB

aNow the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Exodus 31:18 NASB

When He had finished speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, He gave Moses athe two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, bwritten by the finger of God.

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Exodus 31:13-17 NASB

"But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'aYou shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is ba sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.'Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you. aEveryone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.'aFor six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a bsabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; cwhoever does any work on the sabbath day shall surely be put to death.'So the sons of Israel shall observe the sabbath, to celebrate the sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.'"aIt is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; bfor in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed."

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Exodus 31:12 NASB

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Isaiah 58:8-11 NASB

And if you agive yourself to the hungry And satisfy the desire of the afflicted, Then your blight will rise in darkness And your gloom will become like midday."And the aLord will continually guide you, And bsatisfy your desire in scorched places, And cgive strength to your bones; And you will be like a dwatered garden, And like a espring of water whose waters do not fail."Then your alight will break out like the dawn, And your brecovery will speedily spring forth; And your crighteousness will go before you; The glory of the dLord will be your rear guard."Then you will acall, and the Lord will answer; You will cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.' If you bremove the yoke from your midst, The cpointing of the finger and dspeaking wickedness,

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Isaiah 58:1-7 NASB

"aCry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, And declare to My people their btransgression And to the house of Jacob their sins."Yet they aseek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done brighteousness And chas not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions, They delight din the nearness of God.'Why have we afasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?' Behold, on the bday of your fast you find your desire, And drive hard all your workers."Behold, you fast for contention and astrife and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast like you do today to bmake your voice heard on high."Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing one's head like a reed And for spreading out asackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an bacceptable day to the Lord?"Is this not the fast which I choose, To aloosen the bonds of wickedness, To undo the bands of the yoke, And to blet the oppressed go free And cbreak every yoke?"Is it not to adivide your bread with the hungry And bbring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the cnaked, to cover him; And not to dhide yourself from your own flesh?

Sep 18

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Revelation 5:14 NASB

And the afour living creatures kept saying, "bAmen." And the celders dfell down and worshiped.

Sep 15

Vicki Stephens-Parent

highlighted Revelation 5:13 NASB

And aevery created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, "To Him who bsits on the throne, and to the cLamb, dbe blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever."

Sep 15

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