HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019

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Being Hopeful and Thankful Praising the Lord Our Savior

²⁶Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”(Luke 5:26)

³¹Jesus answered them, “….³²I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”(Luke 5:31-32)

²³for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,(Romans 3:23)

³When we were overwhelmed by sins,

you forgave our transgressions.(Psalm 65:3)

¹Shout for joy to God, all the earth!

²Sing the glory of his name;

make his praise glorious.

³Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!

So great is your power..” (Psalm 66:1-3)

“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.”(Revelation 11:15)

⁸Praise our God, all peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard; (Psalm 66:8)

³This is good, and pleases God our Savior,(1Timothy 2:3)

¹¹For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.(Titus 2:11)

Jesus said in John 10:9 “I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved….” And in Luke 6:27 “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,”

¹²… he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.

¹⁴…, so that we may serve the living God!

¹⁵For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

…, ²⁸so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.(Hebrews 9:12,14,15,28)

¹²Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”(Acts 4:12)

The Bible is God’s word of love and salvation:³¹But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.(John 20:31)

“Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. ⁷Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory!(Revelation 19:6-7)

¹May God be gracious to us and bless us

and make his face shine on us—

²so that your ways may be known on earth,

your salvation among all nations.

³May the peoples praise you, God;

may all the peoples praise you.

⁴May the nations be glad and sing for joy,

for you rule the peoples with equity

and guide the nations of the earth.

⁵May the peoples praise you, God;

may all the peoples praise you.

⁶The land yields its harvest;

God, our God, blesses us.

⁷May God bless us still,

so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.(Psalm 67:1-7)

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Wish You a Healthy and Prosperous New Year 2019

Your Ever-Present Help - Joel Osteen

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Do you trust God enough to believe that your set times are coming? Are you willing to wait with a good attitude? Enter His rest and know that He is good and He is for you. "Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said...."(Hebrews 4:3)

Rest in Your Promise (By: David Ruis)

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When the sun’s brightly shining, and it’s touching my face

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And Your favor is resting, and it seems all is grace

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I will lift up my eyes and give glory to Your name

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(And I’ll rest in Your promise over me) x 3

Verse 2:

When the sunlight has faded, and the darkness’ my friend

The sorrows are rolling, and the suffering just won’t end

Verse 3:

When the wars and the rumors are encircling the earth

And Your judgments are falling, and there’s no where to turn

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You are sovereign, Lord

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You are holy, Lord

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You are faithful, Lord

Verse 4:

When the heaven’s are opened, and You ride like wind

And Your kingdom of justice, it will come without end

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Psalm 144

Of David.

¹Praise be to the Lord my Rock,

who trains my hands for war,

my fingers for battle.

²He is my loving God and my fortress,

my stronghold and my deliverer,

my shield, in whom I take refuge,

who subdues peoples under me.

³Lord, what are human beings that you care for them,

mere mortals that you think of them?

⁴They are like a breath;

their days are like a fleeting shadow.

⁵Part your heavens, Lord, and come down;

touch the mountains, so that they smoke.

⁶Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy;

shoot your arrows and rout them.

⁷Reach down your hand from on high;

deliver me and rescue me

from the mighty waters,

from the hands of foreigners

⁸whose mouths are full of lies,

whose right hands are deceitful.

⁹I will sing a new song to you, my God;

on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,

¹⁰to the One who gives victory to kings,

who delivers his servant David.

From the deadly sword ¹¹deliver me;

rescue me from the hands of foreigners

whose mouths are full of lies,

whose right hands are deceitful.

¹²Then our sons in their youth

will be like well-nurtured plants,

and our daughters will be like pillars

carved to adorn a palace.

¹³Our barns will be filled

with every kind of provision.

Our sheep will increase by thousands,

by tens of thousands in our fields;

¹⁴our oxen will draw heavy loads.

There will be no breaching of walls,

no going into captivity,

no cry of distress in our streets.

¹⁵Blessed is the people of whom this is true;

blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.

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