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Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
En Espanol, Proverbios 15:1
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Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.
William Drummond
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Joshua 24:14-15
Joshua spoke to the people saying, "Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."
En Espanol, Josué 24:14-15
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When we forget that we are one nation under God, we will be a nation gone under.
Sign outside of a Clovis, CA business
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Deuteronomy 32:1-4
Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh, praise the greatness of our God! He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.
En Espanol, Deuteronomio 32:1-4
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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
Thomas Jefferson
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1 Kings 19:11-13
The LORD said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by." Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
En Espanol, 1 Reyes 19:11-13
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A great and powerful wind tore through the mountain, but the Lord was not in the wind. There was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. There was fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. Then there came a gentle whisper, which was the Lord.
Have you ever wondered if perhaps you cannot hear God because you aren’t listening? Or perhaps you are waiting for a booming voice from heaven and in so doing dismiss the gentle whisper of God? Oh, how we need to learn to be still and listen.
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Jonah 1:1-3
Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
En Espanol, Jonás 1:1-3
thought
We are told that Jonah fled “from the presence of the LORD”. The Hebrew word used is millifne, which is composed of two words. Mi: “away from” and lyfanay: “in front of, before the presence of”. Millifne is understood by some to literally mean “from the face of”.
Jonah went down to Joppa, then down into the boat, and once swallowed by the fish Jonah refers to the depth, the deep, the pit, and even says that he was in the belly of Sheol. (see chapter 2)
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The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
Plutarch
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Psalm 133:1
How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!
En Espanol, Salmos 133:1
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The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I suggest that the disunity within the individual is due to an individual’s disunity with God. It is in God that we find our being. It is through knowing God that we find wholeness and are better able to understand what it rightly means to be human. Knowing God helps me to know myself and knowing myself helps me to love others because of how God loves me.
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Philippians 2:14-15 (New International Version)
Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe
En Espanol, Filipenses 2:14-15
Thought
I caught myself grumbling the other day about something I was asked to do, and this afternoon I had prayed specifically for opportunities to serve. So I was listening to the radio the other morning and they were talking about the ’30-Day No Grumble No Mumble No Whining Challenge’. I dare you to take it. Think you are up for it? http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/kloveradio?ref=ts
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James 1:27
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
En Espanol, Santiago 1:27
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Man has made orphanages for children, but God made the family for children.
Johnny Carr, “Ethiopian orphans need families”
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Revelation 1:6-7
He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.”
En Espanol, Apocalipsis 21:6-7
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Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be.
Max Lucado
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Alpha and Omega, the first and last letters in the Greek alphabet. Perhaps its equivalent in Hebrew is the name Emet, which literally means "truth". Emet is spelled using the first, middle and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
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Isaiah 43:10-12
“You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, ‘that I am God”.
En Espanol, Isaías 43:10-12
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It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth… salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:10,12)
Peter the Apostle
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Mashiach, Messiah. God alone is the savior of creation. He alone will redeem and restore.
