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Verse And Voice

Verse of the Day: Foundation in the Word

by Administrator 04-02-2007

I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them. That one is like a [person] building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when a flood arose, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not act is like a [person] who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, immediately it fell, and great was the ruin of that [...]

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Verse of the Day: Love Your Enemies

by Administrator 03-29-2007

"You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy." But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

- Matthew 5:43-45

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Verse of the Day: Rebelling Against the Light

by Administrator 03-28-2007

There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths. The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.

- Job 24:13-14

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Verse of the Day: "Seek Good Not Evil"

by Administrator 03-26-2007

Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, just as you have said. Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

- Amos 5:14-15

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Verse of the Day: "Seek Good Not Evil"

by Administrator 03-26-2007

Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, just as you have said. Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

- Amos 5:14-15

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Verse of the Day: Refuge and Shelter

by Administrator 03-23-2007

For you have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm and a shade from the heat.

- Isaiah 25:4-4

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Verse of the Day: Humility

by Administrator 03-22-2007

"Why do we fast, but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?" Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day, and oppress all your workers. Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to strike with a wicked fist. Such fasting as you do today will not make your voice heard on high.

- Isaiah 58:3-4

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Verse of the Day: Reconciliation

by Administrator 03-21-2007

So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.

- Matthew 5:23-24

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Verse of the Day: Justice and Redemption

by Administrator 03-20-2007

You shall not deprive a resident alien or an orphan of justice; you shall not take a widow's garment in pledge. Remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.

- Deuteronomy 24:17-18

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Verse of the Day: In God We Trust

by Administrator 03-19-2007

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

- Psalms 20:7-8

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