tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74170873870742175972024-03-13T08:31:36.662-07:00Priya AntonyThis blog is dedicated to my company Zorah International www.zorahinternational.com and to God who makes it all possible..The Lord answered me and said "Write the vision and make it plain upon tables,that he may run that readeth it.For the vision is yet for an appointed time,but at the end it shall speak, and not lie:though it tarry,wait for it,because it will surely come...it will not tarry.Habakkuk 2:2-3Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-38587172945533105782024-02-29T06:05:00.000-08:002024-03-05T05:30:54.690-08:00Redeemed<p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The young man
looked <span style="background: white; color: #202124;">dishevel</span>led and
distraught.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Sat at the
last row of the church. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The memoires
of visiting this church a thousand times as a child flooded his mind as he sat
listening to the dull voice of the pastor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">“Lost, I lost it
all”, he whispered in prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">“I'm sorry
grandpa I know it’s too late, but please forgive me wherever you are.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">You tried your
level best to stop from going the wrong way<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">But I didn’t
listen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Dropping out
of school, joining the band,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Travelling
like a gypsy,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Marrying the
wrong girl.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Losing the
baby.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">A broken marriage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Surviving on odd
jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The list goes
on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Why didn’t I
listen grandpa!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">You didn’t
raise me up to be like this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I let you and
grandma down.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Also my
parents in heaven and God almighty.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I lost it all”! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Suddenly he
felt a shake on his shoulder.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">He looked up,
the church was empty.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">An elderly man
who happened to be the pastor was staring at him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">“Ben!” he exclaimed.
Startled, the young man got up, not many knew his real name.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">It’s indeed Benjamin!
The carbon copy of his grandfather.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> He gave him a bear hug.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">“I am so glad
to see you son.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Come with me
to my office.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Handing him a
huge envelope. He said,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Your
grandfather left you a large sum of money and his house.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">He was
confident you will come by one day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">I have raised
him well, he used to say<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">When he comes
to his senses he will find his way home again.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Proverbs 22:6 CJB<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.4pt;"><b><sup><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">6 </span></sup></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Train a child in the
way he [should] go;<br />
and, even when old, he will not swerve from it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Jeremiah 31:11 CJB<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class="line" style="line-height: 20.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="text"><b><sup><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">11 (12) </span></sup></b></span><span class="text"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">They will
come and sing on the heights of Tziyon,</span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />
<span class="text">streaming to the goodness of Adonai,</span><br />
<span class="text">to the grain, the wine, the olive oil,</span><br />
<span class="text">and the young of the flock and the herd.</span><br />
<span class="text">They themselves will be like a well-watered garden, </span><br />
<span class="text">never to languish again.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="line" style="line-height: 20.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="text"><br /></span></span></p><p class="line" style="line-height: 20.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="text"> <a href="http://www.zorahinternational.com" target="_blank">www.zorahinternational.com</a></span></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.4pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-37421078833280337412024-01-31T00:32:00.000-08:002024-02-05T23:16:52.744-08:00The Breakthrough<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Breaking
through the wall of resistance,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">A wall so
thick no hammer and chisel can break.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Your path
is blocked by <o:p></o:p></span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">principalities and powers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Wherever
you turn there are obstacles and delays.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">The days
turn into months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">“Oh my
God soon it will be years,” you will say.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Patience
wearing thin and so is hope. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">“God
almighty do something, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Please
make a door!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">And then
one day<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Came <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">“The
Breakthrough”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Micah 2:13
CJB</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The one
breaking through went up before them; </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">they broke through, passed the gate and went out.</span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Their king passed on before them; </span></span><br />
<span class="small-caps"><i><span style="background: white; font-variant: small-caps;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Adonai</span></span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="background: white;"> was
leading them.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="background: rgb(211, 227, 253); color: #040c28; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">2 Samuel
5:20-21</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> CJB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><sup><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14pt;">20 </span></sup></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">So David went to Ba‘al-P’ratzim and defeated them there. He
said, “</span><span class="small-caps"><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> has broken through my enemies for me like a river
breaking through its banks.” This is why he called the place Ba‘al-P’ratzim
[Lord of breaking through].</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #202124; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Ephesians 6:12 CJB</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><sup><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">12 </span></sup></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">For we are not struggling against human beings, but against the rulers,
authorities and cosmic powers governing this darkness, against the spiritual
forces of evil in the heavenly realm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Romans 8:31 CJB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><sup><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14pt;">31 </span></sup></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">What, then, are we to say to these things? If God is for us,
who can be against us?</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span><a href="https://zorahinternational.com/billing" style="font-size: 18.6667px;" target="_blank">https://zorahinternational.com/billing</a></p><br /></div>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-2921743392496454262023-12-30T18:55:00.000-08:002024-01-08T02:29:25.974-08:00The Scarlet Cord<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">“Mamma look!”
the little boy cried out</span></p><p>
</p><p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">As Mary
looked up to where Johnny was pointing to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">She noticed all
the houses in the town had a scarlet cord tied to the window facing the road.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">What's with
the scarlet thread? She asked a woman in the market place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">“It's a
symbolic representation of faith the people in this town follow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">For God's
mercy and kindness to fall on their loved ones.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">As Rahab
the prostitute did to save her family when Jericho was about to be captured by
Joshua and his men as it is written in the book of Joshua 2:18 CJB”, the
woman replied.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2rem;"><span class="versenum"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">18 </span></b></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">when
we enter the land, you tie this piece of scarlet cord in the window you let us
down from; and you gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers,
and your father’s entire household. <span class="versenum"><span style="font-size: 1.2rem;"><b><span id="en-CJB-5846">19 </span></b></span><span class="text">If anyone goes out the doors of your house into the street, he will
be responsible for his own blood, and we will be guiltless. But everyone who
stays with you in the house — we will be responsible for his blood if anyone
lays a hand on him. </span></span><span class="versenum"><span style="font-size: 1.2rem;"><b><span id="en-CJB-5847">20 </span></b></span><span class="text">However, if you say a word about this business of ours, then we will
be free of your oath that you made us swear.” </span></span><span class="versenum"><span style="font-size: 1.2rem;"><b><span id="en-CJB-5848">21 </span></b></span><span class="text">“According to your words, so be it,” she said, and sent them away.
As they departed, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.</span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">As per the
promise to Rahab Joshua told his men Joshua 6:22-23 CJB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span id="en-CJB-5929"><span style="font-size: 1.2rem;"><span class="versenum"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">22 </span></b></span></span><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">Y’hoshua said to the two men who had reconnoitered the land,
“Go into the prostitute’s house and bring the woman out with all that she has,
as you swore to her.” </span></span></span><span class="versenum"><span style="font-size: 1.2rem;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;"><span id="en-CJB-5930">23 </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">The young men, the spies, went in and brought out Rachav with
her father, mother, brothers and all she had; they brought out all her
relatives and put them safely outside the camp of Isra’el.</span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">Oh! How nice! Mary replied with marvel in her eyes.</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">She felt a tug on her dress, Johnny shouted excitedly.</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">“Mamma, shall we put one up too?”</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">“Yes,” she nodded in the affirmative.</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">“We want everyone in our family to be saved too.”</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;"> <a href="https://zorahinternational.com/billing" target="_blank">https://zorahinternational.com/billing</a><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-23006769385397586012023-11-30T03:22:00.000-08:002023-12-06T22:15:09.443-08:00Taking it all back<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Looking at the little girl</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Playing blissfully across the street.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Martha closed her eyes and recollected her own sweet childhood.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Each day was so joyful.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">How she wished she could live like that again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Now 25 years later<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">She was in and out of the doctor’s office.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In and out of jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In and out of relationships.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">She was suffering from insomnia, depression and obesity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">From a happy little girl to a severely depressed adult.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">How did this happen?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">“There are strongholds in your life which needs to be broken Martha”, her church friend had </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">once told her.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">“It’s about time I did”, Martha thought to herself that day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">She declared and decreed loudly for the devil to hear.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">"I am taking back what the enemy stole,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">With the power of the Holy Ghost.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I am breaking every strong hold in my life with the blood of Jesus Christ.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I am taking it all back what the locusts stole.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I decree and declare every torn part of me will get whole."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">She then renewed her commitment to follow Adonai like King Josiah did in the bible<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 19.2pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;">The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the Lord—to follow the Lord and keep his commands, regulations and decrees with all his heart and soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.</span></em><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0cm 0cm 19.2pt; max-width: var(--wp--custom--ast-content-width-size); outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;">2 Kings 23:3 CJB</span></em><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0cm 0cm 19.2pt; max-width: var(--wp--custom--ast-content-width-size); outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;">And a new promise she clung on from that day.</span></em></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 19.2pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #001320; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;">You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered
in season. Joel 5: 26 NIV</span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0cm 0cm 19.2pt; max-width: var(--wp--custom--ast-content-width-size); outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And
true to that promise she got better and better each day.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0cm 0cm 19.2pt; max-width: var(--wp--custom--ast-content-width-size); outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></em><em style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><span><a href="http://www.zorahinternational.com">www.zorahinternational.com</a></span></span></em></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0cm 0cm 19.2pt; max-width: var(--wp--custom--ast-content-width-size); outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><br /></span></em></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0cm 0cm 19.2pt; max-width: var(--wp--custom--ast-content-width-size); outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></em></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0cm 0cm 19.2pt; max-width: var(--wp--custom--ast-content-width-size); outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><br /></span></em></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0cm 0cm 19.2pt; max-width: var(--wp--custom--ast-content-width-size); outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><br /></span></em></span></p><p><span class="text"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p><p><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p><p><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><br /></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-35738884228329737262023-10-31T09:09:00.002-07:002023-12-06T02:27:41.411-08:00The Last Days<p></p><p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">Old Silas
always sat in his garden.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">Reading his
bible like he did every morning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">He always
had an empty chair besides him<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">As he opened
his heart in prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">"What's
with the empty chair”? he was often asked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">“Oh! That’s
for Jesus, he would reply.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">He is my
best friend.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">After
talking to him each morning <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">I feel so
cheerful to start the day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">“Today, you
seem so downcast, Mr Silas and your eyes has a glimmer of tears”. Ana the
housekeeper asked who had come to serve him some tea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">"The
Lord told me to warn my loved ones of his soon return but no one wants to
listen to me."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">“Oh yes! I
know that one!, Ana laughed .<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">“Wars,
rumours of wars, earthquakes and not to forget the rapture!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">“Ana, don’t
laugh”!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">He clearly
showed me we are in the days of <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">Psalms 83
that means Ezekiel 38 is not too far away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">If I don’t
cry for them, who will, they are after all my family.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">Flesh of my flesh,
blood of my blood.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">No one
should be left behind! No one, he spoke emphatically<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">Not even you!
“Pointing his finger to Ana’s forehead<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: large;">He turned
and slowly walked away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><span> <a href="http://www.zorahinternational.com">www.zorahinternational.com</a></span></span></em><p></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-7503038421305173912023-09-30T08:49:00.003-07:002023-12-06T02:27:56.944-08:00The Lord is my Shepherd ; I shall not want<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;">It was just a month before the wedding </span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">And Anna went about <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looking around so nervously.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">The groom was so rich and everything about him so fancy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's going to be so embarrassing especially when a thousand eyes will be
watching me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clutching her hands to face she tried to push the negative thoughts
away. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Doing the only thing she knew to do <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">She started to pray.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black;">The </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Lord</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> is my shepherd; I shall not want.</span>
Psalms 23:1 KJV<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">She repeated the verse over and over again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Suddenly to her surprise her house was flooded<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">With friends and family.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bringing her in the form of gifts all she needed on her wedding day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">“This is amazing grace”, her brother said <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black;">“It’s surely the hand of God”! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mother exclaimed. Wiping tears of joy from her
face. </span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">The bride to be nodded in agreement, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Giving thanks to her God for saving her from disgrace.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">The wedding day arrived. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shocked out of her wits was she,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">The wedding was made for Cinderella<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Oh God, I am she”! To herself she exclaimed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">The wedding was like a fairy tale<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was the talk of the town for days.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blessed, blessed in abundance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">She fell that night on her knee.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">“I didn’t have a father to lean on,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">But God oh god! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have thee.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><span><a href="http://www.zorahinternational.com">www.zorahinternational.com</a></span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-91499680642712134512023-08-30T11:30:00.001-07:002023-12-06T02:28:17.969-08:00Pushing Past the Darkness<p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ”Mum, you seriously believe
I can crack this exam?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you know who I am competing with?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">The brightest kids in the city!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is just two, hundred
percent scholarship seats available at the university and you expect the
average me to get one!” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mark stormed out of the room,
shaking his head and throwing up his hands muttering "ridiculous"! Under
his breath.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">He came back shouting. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">“There are creditors knocking
on the door every minute. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is no more provisions in
the house and you expect me to concentrate!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is barely any light in
the house and my pen started running out of ink <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">My stomach is rumbling all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">What is worse is when I see you
getting humiliated by the money lenders <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can't do this anymore. Forget
about my dreams of getting a college degree.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">We will be on the streets soon
and I will become the laughing stock of the neighbourhood!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Cool down, Mark!” Mary reached
out to pat him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">“We need to push past the
darkness, stop believing the lies of Satin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Oh God here we go again!” Mark
replied, slapping his hand on his head.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Talking some religious stuff
is not going to get you anywhere mum, money will.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let me get a job and help you
pay off the loans.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">“No way! Don’t get blinded by
this darkness which is upon us. Push past it you will see the light.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">My friends in church pooled
in the money and other resources to help me make a hundred dresses for the
village festival. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today was the first day and
every one of them got sold out!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">I made enough profit for us to
come out of debt!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">I already got an order for a hundred
more before the weekend. Looks like I am in business!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mark looked stupefied.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Go and study the scriptures son
before you write your test. Your destiny was already written before you were
born. Don’t let the darkness put off the light within you.</span></span></p><h1 class="passage-display" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; width: 501.578px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">John 12:46 CJB</span></span></h1><h1 class="passage-display" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; width: 501.578px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">46 I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who trusts in me might not remain in the dark.</span></span></h1><div><br /></div>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Psalms 139: 13-18 CJB<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text"><span face=""Segoe UI","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black;">For you fashioned my inmost being, </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI","sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><br />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">you knit me together in my mother’s womb.</span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span class="text"><b><sup><span style="background: white;"><span id="en-CJB-17476" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">14 </span></span></sup></b><span style="background: white;">I
thank you because I am awesomely made, </span></span><br />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">wonderfully; your works are wonders —</span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">I know this very well.</span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span class="text"><b><sup><span style="background: white;"><span id="en-CJB-17477" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">15 </span></span></sup></b><span style="background: white;">My
bones were not hidden from you</span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">when I was being made in secret, </span></span><br />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">intricately woven in the depths of the earth.</span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span class="text"><b><sup><span style="background: white;"><span id="en-CJB-17478" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">16 </span></span></sup></b><span style="background: white;">Your
eyes could see me as an embryo, </span></span><br />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">but in your book all my days were already written; </span></span><br />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">my days had been shaped</span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">before any of them existed.</span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span class="text"><b><sup><span style="background: white;"><span id="en-CJB-17479" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">17 </span></span></sup></b><span style="background: white;">God,
how I prize your thoughts!</span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">How many of them there are!</span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span class="text"><b><sup><span style="background: white;"><span id="en-CJB-17480" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">18 </span></span></sup></b><span style="background: white;">If
I count them, there are more than grains of sand; </span></span><br />
<span class="text"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">if I finish the count, I am still with you.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Our God is there with us, to
penetrate through the darkness and bring us to the light again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><em><span face=""aktiv-grotesk","serif"" style="background: white; color: black;">You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden . . .
let your light shine before all men . . .</span></em><span face=""aktiv-grotesk","serif"" style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">” (Matthew 5: 14 –
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<p><span style="font-size: large;">The judge is calling you.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Ben lifted his tear stained face which was buried in his hands and saw his
friend urgently shaking him<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">“All that I have left are my memories that too they want to take it away
from me,” Ben mumbled under his breath as he made his way to the front.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">“Benjamin Job, what proof do you have this property marked by the government
to construct a highway belongs to you.”?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">“I don’t. I left at the age of sixteen to fight in the king's army up in the
north.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">It’s been twenty long years since I left home. I have now returned to find
everyone and everything which belonged to my family charred to the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">The tears streamed down his face as he spoke. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">All I have left are my memories please don’t take that away from me too.” He
cried.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">“Gather again after two months. Let’s wait and see what the king has to say.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">“What are you doing Ben,”? His friend asked .Seeing Ben walking around the
boundary of his land with his arms lifted in praise and worship as he walked
around the block.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">I am doing what Joshua did to save my land.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Joshua 6:2-3 CJB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text"><span face=""Segoe UI","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black;"> </span><b><sup><span id="en-CJB-5909" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">2 </span></sup></b></span><span class="small-caps"><i><span face=""Segoe UI","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i></span><span class="text"><span face=""Segoe UI","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black;"> said
to Y’hoshua, “I have handed Yericho over to you, including its king and his
warriors. </span><b><sup><span id="en-CJB-5910" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">3 </span></sup></b>You are to encircle the city
with all your soldiers and march around it once. Do this for six days.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Let me join you. Soon the entire community started walking behind Ben
praising the Lord as he went around his land early morning each day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">The time came to gather in front of the judge again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">The king has decided to give you double of what you owe in the uptown area
of our nation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">The land is very fertile there you can farm and live of it for the generations
to come. The judge said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">No, Ben spoke vehemently. I want the land gifted to me by my ancestors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">But it’s useless, nothing will grow no one will buy it from you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">It’s priceless to me .I will bask in the memories of the ones who have gone
before me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">The lord my god who gives life to dead bones will raise this dead land too<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Haven’t you read in the scriptures? “<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Ezekial 37: 12-14 CJB</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white;">12 </span></b><span style="background: white;">Therefore prophesy; say to them that <i>Adonai Elohim</i> says,
‘My people! I will open your graves and make you get up out of your graves, and
I will bring you into the land of Israel. <b>13 </b>Then you will
know that I am <i>Adonai</i> — when I have opened your graves and
made you get up out of your graves, my people! <b>14 </b>I will put
my Spirit in you; and you will be alive. Then I will place you in your own
land; and you will know that I, <i>Adonai</i>, have spoken, and that I
have done it,’ says <i>Adonai</i>.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">"Alright, with the powers granted to me I give you back you land.” The judge
declared,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">A hurrah shout was heard all over the land .The people rejoiced for Ben’s
victory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Five years later the king took a survey that had the best grape orchard in
the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Guess who land was picked out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Ben’s of course ."What’s your secret", they asked...Seeing him and his land
blooming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">"When your life, land and your destiny is in the hand of the God of Israel <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">You will automatically thrive even if you are “under fire “He beamed and
replied.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><span><a href="http://www.zorahinternational.com">www.zorahinternational.com</a></span></span></em></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-40567025389110878092023-06-30T08:00:00.027-07:002023-12-06T02:29:48.384-08:00Over and over again<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Over and over, again and again,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I come to you lord.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">To refix all that which is broken in me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Over and over, again and again,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">I come to you lord <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">For you are my strength the strong tower I lean on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Over and over, again and again,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">I say the same prayer <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">For all my loved ones to be saved and realize heaven is their
home for eternity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Over and over, again and again,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">I seek your guidance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">In all that I set out to do , so I don’t land up on my face
with the 100 mistakes that I might make...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Psalms 59:10 CJB</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">9) My Strength, I will watch for you,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">for God is my fortress.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">11 (10) God, who gives me grace, will come to me;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">God will let me gaze in triumph at my foes.</span></p><div class="bible-item-title-wrap col-sm-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #952004; flex: 1 1 20%; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; max-width: 225px; min-width: 175px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-right: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><em style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><span><a href="http://www.zorahinternational.com">www.zorahinternational.com</a></span></span></em></div>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-26238488464503520392023-05-31T09:19:00.005-07:002023-12-06T02:30:03.483-08:00It won't work!<p></p><p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Sitting
at the doctor’s clinic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Kozbi was scanning
through his report which he had just collected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">He felt his anger
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>flare up <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">He quickly crumpled his
medical report, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Grabbed his walking stick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">And slowly
lifted himself from the chair .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">He closed
his eyes to shut the intense pain which engulfed him<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">And he shuffled
his way out of the door.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Walking
dejectedly he slowly made his way to the park close by <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">He plonked
himself on an empty bench<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">And absentmindedly
he gazed across the green meadow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">This is the
sixth time this year his leg was causing him so much pain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Just when he
thought he could start his normal life again<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">It would
start troubling him all over again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">His finances
also was hit because of it and he sat fuming till<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">His knuckles
turned red with exertion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">He kept
searching his mind for an answer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">“I am in
perfect health and with no broken bones where did this recurring pain come from?”
he kept asking himself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">A
realization just struck him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">“I am under
attack!” He exclaimed out loud.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">And he
turned his head side to side<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">He muttered
under his breath <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">“It won't work!
It won't work!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">“Devil!” he
said out aloud to no one in particular<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">“It won’t
work.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">No weapon
formed against me will prosper!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">He decreed
and declared.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Isaiah
54:17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">King
James Version<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><sup><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">17 </span></sup></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No weapon that is formed against thee shall
prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt
condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, and their righteousness is of me,
saith the <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">“No weapon
formed against my leg or finances will prosper! “.He spoke out fiercely.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Gently
pulling himself up<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">He walked
back home dragging his aching foot forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Found the
key to his shop and slowly made his way down the road.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">He then
proceeded to open the shop that was shut for the past six months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">He started
dusting and cleaning hopping on one leg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Seeing the
shop finally open after being shut for such a long time <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"> His
neighbors and friends started trickling in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Seeing the
intense pain on his pale face every time he moved <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">“Mr. Kozbi! You haven’t
recovered at all!” they exclaimed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">He nodded “Yes,
I am not going to succumb to the enemy's attack anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">I am going
to stand up to him even if it’s on one leg!” He stated emphatically.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">He immediately
winced in pain, when his injured foot accidently hit the leg of a table.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">The
dumbstruck neighbors suddenly realized what was going on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">“Don’t worry
Mr. Kozbi, they said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">You just sit
and let us help you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">You can
treat us as your unpaid employees <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">We will work
for you till your leg gets better again.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Kozbi
relaxed on hearing that and gave them a beaming smile.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">“You are not
going to defeat me devil I am going to win each and every time.” he thought to himself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">He then
proceeded to sit down on his chair and watch his helpful neighbors clean up the
place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><span><a href="http://www.zorahinternational.com">www.zorahinternational.com</a></span></span></em></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-47384854414139557192023-04-29T18:36:00.001-07:002023-12-06T02:30:21.620-08:00Unbelievably True!<p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nothing could cheer her
up that day</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So overwhelmed she felt.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A battle was raging in
her mind against God</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Lord, it’s not fair!
Hannah complained</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is no end in sight</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neither are there any
benefits</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yet you never let me
leave this difficult environment</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Day in and day out over
the years</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Though I have cried,
yelled, pleaded and even stood on my head."</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Just then a
message was delivered to her</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She leaned nonchalantly
to read it.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She almost jumped to her
feet</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"What!</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Where did you say I ‘m
going? </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On a sponsored trip overseas!</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why me, why should I
even be included on something totally unrelated to me</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">”!</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> She exclaimed.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unbelievable! But true!</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God did you have
something to do with it</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have just been talking
to you.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Psalm
139</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Complete
Jewish Bible</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">139 <sup>(0) </sup></span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For the leader. A psalm of David:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><sup><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(1) </span></sup></b><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; font-variant: small-caps; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Adonai</span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, you have probed me, and you know me.<br />
<b><sup>2 </sup></b>You know when I sit and when I stand up,<br />
you discern my inclinations from afar,<br />
<b><sup>3 </sup></b>you scrutinize my daily activities.<br />
You are so familiar with all my ways<br />
<b><sup>4 </sup></b>that before I speak even a word, <i><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i>,<br />
you know all about it already.<br />
<b><sup>5 </sup></b>You have hemmed me in both behind and in front<br />
and laid your hand on me.<br />
<b><sup>6 </sup></b>Such wonderful knowledge is beyond me,<br />
far too high for me to reach.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><sup><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7 </span></sup></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Where can I go to escape your Spirit?<br />
Where can I flee from your presence?<br />
<b><sup>8 </sup></b>If I climb up to heaven, you are there;<br />
if I lie down in Sh’ol, you are there.<br />
<b><sup>9 </sup></b>If I fly away with the wings of the dawn<br />
and land beyond the sea,<br />
<b><sup>10 </sup></b>even there your hand would lead me,<br />
your right hand would hold me fast.<br />
<b><sup>11 </sup></b>If I say, “Let darkness surround me,<br />
let the light around me be night,”<br />
<b><sup>12 </sup></b>even darkness like this<br />
is not too dark for you;<br />
rather, night is as clear as day,<br />
darkness and light are the same.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><sup><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13 </span></sup></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For you fashioned my inmost being,<br />
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.<br />
<b><sup>14 </sup></b>I thank you because I am awesomely made,<br />
wonderfully; your works are wonders —<br />
I know this very well.<br />
when I was being made in secret,<br />
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.<br />
<b><sup>16 </sup></b>Your eyes could see me as an embryo,<br />
but in your book all my days were already written;<br />
my days had been shaped<br />
before any of them existed.<br />
<b><sup>17 </sup></b>God, how I prize your thoughts!<br />
How many of them there are!<br />
<b><sup>18 </sup></b>If I count them, there are more than grains of sand;<br />
if I finish the count, I am still with you.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p><p></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-80739109458881281222023-03-30T03:54:00.000-07:002023-12-06T02:30:35.652-08:00Grace and mercy<p></p><p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Grace gave me what I didn't
deserve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Mercy restored all that was lost
and stolen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Favor advanced me forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Deliverance rescued me from my
enemies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Honor blessed me abundantly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Prayer kept me going.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Praise strengthened me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Miracles happened before me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Dry bones came to life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Homeless got back their home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">The prodigal became a dutiful
son.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Impossible dreams became
accomplishments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Scarce became abundance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">I have no great credentials, name
or fame.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">But in my lifetime I have seen
the son of god be true to his name.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Joshua 23:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Complete Jewish Bible<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">14 “Today I am going the way of
all the earth. Therefore consider in all your heart and being that not one of
all the good things Adonai your God said concerning you has failed to happen;
it has all come to pass; nothing of it has failed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Psalm 23<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">King James Version<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">6 Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the
Lord forever.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">2 Samuel 24:14<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Complete Jewish Bible<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">14 David said to Gad, “This is
very hard for me. Let us fall into the hand of Adonai, because his mercies are
great, rather than have me fall into the hand of man.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><span><a href="http://www.zorahinternational.com">www.zorahinternational.com</a></span></span></em></p><br /><p></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-82031538043779586902023-02-28T00:42:00.003-08:002023-12-06T02:30:48.990-08:00Your promises are Yes and Amen<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">From the pits of darkness</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I saw the light.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was Jesus and he is life.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In his presence there is healing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is deliverance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is restoration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is hope.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Decreeing and declaring your Promises.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From the ashes I steadily rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">From the pits of despair</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I rose praising your holy name and my
life turned around.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From the clutches of the enemy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I broke lose every time unscathed in
total victory.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">From the wilderness where I get lost
now and then</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I find myself in your word and the breadth from heaven fills my soul again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From worrying.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I march on in confidence. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Your promises are a yes and amen. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">2
Corinthians 1:20 Amplified Bible<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><sup><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">20 </span></sup></b><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">For as many as are the promises of God, in
Christ they are [all answered] “Yes.” So through Him we say our “Amen” to the
glory of God.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><span><a href="http://www.zorahinternational.com">www.zorahinternational.com</a></span></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-71846716338773122502023-01-30T01:13:00.000-08:002023-01-30T01:13:51.862-08:00What the enemy meant for evil God turned it for our good<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The enemy sent a terminal disease<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But God turned it into a revival.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The enemy sent storms to disrupt travels<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But God reunited families long
disconnected during this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The enemy complicated a pregnancy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But God brought forth a sweet child
through normal delivery.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What was supposed to be a season of mourning?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But God turned it into days of dancing
and celebrating.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What was aimed to discredit a
business?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">God opened new doors and brought
about an enhancement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Psalm 30:11 King James Version<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast
put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /></div>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-69082987417743622792022-10-31T01:15:00.018-07:002023-12-06T02:31:05.822-08:00 Smiling through the Storm<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Anna is a middle aged woman I know very well.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Who was so
happy and content</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>With the little world
she had created for herself.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Professionally and personally her life's goals were met.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>She was waiting on God for what she had to do next.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Out of the blue she got struck </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>With a disease so horrible it was in its terminal stage.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>So the doctors' said her days were numbered and what was left
of her life was very very few.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>This left her and her family numb with shock. </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>With grief and unbelief they cried and prayed for her nonstop.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Watching her life take a turn for the worse,</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Which was ebbing and flowing like a little boat</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>An anthem rose for her across
the nations</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>By Members from different churches, close friends and family.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Seeking the face of God and crying out for His mercy.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>They raised an </span><span style="background: white; color: #202124; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">alleluia
and t</span><span style="background: white; color: #202124; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">hey
decreed and declared the word of God over her life.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They
made Anna repeat the below verse over and over again everyday.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><sup><span> </span></sup><span>I shall not die, but live,
and declare the works of the Lord. </span><span>Psalm 118:17 KJV </span><sup><span>17</span></sup><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Anna, in the meantime is holding on to dear life.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Knowing God is always on time and never, never late.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Passing through each day with a positive attitude,</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Believing what she is going through is just a bad phase.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Six months have gone by she is still here on planet earth.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Beating the timeline for her survival the doctors had declared in her death note.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">She is anxiously waiting upon God for a
miracle</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">Please pray that she will be healed and </span><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"">delivered and declared cancer free by her doctors very soon.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><span><a href="http://www.zorahinternational.com">www.zorahinternational.com</a></span></span></em></p><p></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-53579433481892555162022-09-30T08:05:00.001-07:002023-12-06T02:31:20.825-08:00A Haven Of Prayer<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I made myself a haven and called it
a room of prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It’s often where I run to <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My go to place for all my <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Questions, doubts, fears and cares<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 292.5pt;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt;">Psalms 91 KJV <span style="color: #952004;"> .</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He that dwelleth in <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the</span> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">secret</span> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">place</span> of <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the</span> most High shall abide
under <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the</span> shadow
of <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the</span> Almighty. I
will say of <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, He is my refuge and my fortress:
my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the</span>e from <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the</span> snare of <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the</span> fowler,
and from <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the</span> noisome
pestilence. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An altar in the secret room<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Is where I bend my knee and pray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To renew my strength for the
battle <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Which may have come my way?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background: white;">I</span><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2040%3A31&version=KJV"><span style="background: white; color: black;">saiah 40:31</span></a> KJV <span style="background: white;">But they that wait
upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I put up little pictures on the
walls with verses of scripture <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The promises i was claiming for <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To meditate and to trust what it
says.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2 Corinthians 1:20 <span style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">KJV For all the promises of God in
him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">I put a box in the pray room called
it the “pit" </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Where I bury all that's which is
dead in me <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And I make sure I never give it a
chance to resurrect again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Isaiah 43:18 KJV18<b><sup> </sup></b></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Remember ye not the former things, neither
consider the things of old.</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Don’t give up
dear one,<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">In whatever
battle you are facing in today<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">For the word
says <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Matthew 24:13 K
J V<span class="text"><sup>13 </sup></span></span><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">But he that shall endure unto the
end, the same shall be saved.</span></span><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Is there anything too hard for
him</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jeremiah 32:27(Complete Jewish Bible)<b><sup>
27 </sup></b>“Look, I am <i>Adonai</i>, the God of every living
creature; is there anything too hard for me?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 405.0pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><span><a href="http://www.zorahinternational.com">www.zorahinternational.com</a></span></span></em></p><br /><p></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-29685788249175447292022-08-31T07:24:00.007-07:002023-12-06T02:31:38.250-08:00The Other Side<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In a violent storm <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">When the oceans rise and thunders
roar.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">When the winds are beating down on
you so ferociously.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">When your heart and head is
screaming in fear.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">When water is fast filling up the
boat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">When you are just inches from drowning<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Always remember the Savior is with
you in the storm. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">His peace is all you need to make it
to the other side.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">On the other side is your destiny.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">On the other side is your victory.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Hold on! Never give up!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Luke
1:37<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">C
J B<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><sup><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: black;">37 </span></sup></b><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: black;">For with God, nothing is impossible.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: black;">(For the YouTube version check the link below)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><a href="https://youtu.be/tOS25z92lK0" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/tOS25z92lK0</a><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: #334155;"><span><a href="http://www.zorahinternational.com">www.zorahinternational.com</a></span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p><br /><p></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-2601914387229844072022-07-30T11:38:00.004-07:002022-10-14T04:38:18.978-07:00Tearing the Veil of Darkness<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
When the spirit of darkness unleashes its fury upon us<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">A thick blanket of despair
and hopelessness descends into our soul.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Leaving our dreams and our
wishes wrecked and ruined.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Filling our hearts with
endless pain, anxiety, worries and fears<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">We feel our fate is
sealed and no one can save us in the pit that we find ourselves in.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">We fall into the trap
Satin sets for us, believing the lies he dishes out to us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">At that moment, when you
cry out to the Lord in despair<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The savior walks in, shattering
the veil of darkness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">With the brilliance of
his light darkness is pushed back<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">His love pours into our
souls.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In his presence<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazing joy fills our
hearts<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">What is broken becomes
whole.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Despair turns into joy<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Hopelessness turns into
hope<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Fear turns into faith<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Clinging to his outstretched
arm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Like an anchor to our
souls.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">We make it through the
storm. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Claiming our victory in
the name of Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">We declare and decree</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Ps.118:17 CJB<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">I will
not die; no, I will live</span><span face=""Segoe UI", "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">and
proclaim the great deeds of <i>Yah</i>!</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">(For the YouTube version check the link below)</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: left;"><a href="https://youtu.be/g9k-Ojjet2g" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/g9k-Ojjet2g</a><br /></p><p></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-58804934484439540582022-06-29T22:33:00.001-07:002022-07-14T05:39:28.225-07:00Battle for Victory<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Israelites froze in fear </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">when they saw Goliath.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">How in the world is it possible </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To get into a combat with this huge beast of a man and still win, they thought.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It took a young shepherd boy</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">who showed them how.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">1 samuel 17:45-48 NIV<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="text"><b><sup>45 </sup></b></span><span class="text">David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span></span><span class="text"> Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.</span> <span class="text"><b><sup><span id="en-NIV-7665">46 </span></sup></b>This day the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span></span><span class="text"> will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.</span> <span class="text"><b><sup><span id="en-NIV-7666">47 </span></sup></b>All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span></span><span class="text"> saves; for the battle is the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span></span><span class="text">’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 2.4rem; min-width: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span id="en-NIV-7667"><span class="text"><b><sup>48 </sup></b></span><span class="text">As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.</span></span> <span class="text"><b><sup><span id="en-NIV-7668">49 </span></sup></b>Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My beloved what is the battle you are facing today</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">What is the Goliath looming large against you </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Charge against it <span class="text"> in the name of the </span><span class="small-caps"><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span></span><span class="text"> Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel who will fight for you </span></span></p><p><span class="text"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And bring your adversary down.</span></span></p><p><span class="text"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The battle for victory is done by</span></span></p><p><span class="text"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Psalms 100: 4 NIV</span></span></p><p><span class="text"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-100-4" id="en-NIV-15513" style="background-color: white; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-weight: 700; left: -4.4em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;"> </span>Enter his gates with thanksgiving</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-100-4" style="position: relative;">and his courts with praise;</span></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-100-4" style="position: relative;">give thanks to him and praise his name.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="text"><span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white;"><span class="text Ps-100-4" style="position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Nehemiah 8:10 NIV </span></span></p><p><span class="text"><span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white;"><span class="text Ps-100-4" style="position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Do not grieve, for the joy of the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> is your strength.”</span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="text"><span class="indent-1" style="background-color: white;"><span class="text Ps-100-4" style="position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Because</span></span></span></span></p><h1 class="passage-display" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; width: 501.578px;"><div aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="listbox" aria-labelledby="dropdown-33b6a" class="bcv d-container go2538389840" id="dropdown-33b6a" role="button" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-size: 1.6rem; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 16px 0px 0px; min-width: auto; position: relative;"><div class="dropdown-display" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 1 0%; justify-content: space-between; min-width: 0px; padding-right: 20px; position: relative;"><div class="dropdown-display-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-width: 0px;">2 Chronicles 20:15<span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">15 NIV </span><span style="font-size: 1.6rem;">He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the</span><span style="font-size: 1.6rem;"> </span><span class="small-caps" style="font-size: 1.6rem; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span><span style="font-size: 1.6rem;"> </span><span style="font-size: 1.6rem;">says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged</span><span style="font-size: 1.6rem;"> </span><span style="font-size: 1.6rem;">because of this vast army. For the battle</span><span style="font-size: 1.6rem;"> </span><span style="font-size: 1.6rem;">is not yours, but God’s.</span></div></div></div></h1><p><br /></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-32947411382837148362022-05-31T00:26:00.002-07:002022-06-14T07:54:14.182-07:00Oh faith, where is thy light?<p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Oh faith where is thy light?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">You let the report of the dark world<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Fill your being and reduce your sight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">With nothing to look forward to <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">The spell of darkness covers everything in view<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">With its blanket of hopelessness which leaves your heart heavy and spirit broken in discouragement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Oh faith where is thy light?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t you know the brilliance of the Lord,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Can chase away the gloom and make everything alright.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">The deep love in his eyes and the radiance of his being<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Can send sickness, death, disease, depression out of the window<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">And out from your tormented life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">See his light, see his glory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Feel his love .He is the risen Lord and he is alive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">He will see you through the valley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">He will see you through the storm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Rest in him dearly beloved and take comfort in his words.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;">Joshua 1:9 CJB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versenum"><b><span face=""Segoe UI","sans-serif"" style="background: white;">9 </span></b></span><span face=""Segoe UI","sans-serif"" style="background: white;">Haven’t I ordered
you, ‘Be strong, be bold’? So don’t be afraid or downhearted, because <span class="small-caps"><i><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Adonai</span></i></span> your God is with
you wherever you go.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Segoe UI","sans-serif"" style="background: white;">Psalms
23:4 {Amplified]</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versenum"><b><span face=""Segoe UI","sans-serif"" style="background: white;">4 </span></b></span><span face=""Segoe UI","sans-serif"" style="background: white;">Yes, though I walk
through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear <i>or</i> dread
no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide],
they comfort me.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Segoe UI","sans-serif"" style="background: white;">John 14:6
[Amplified]</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versenum"><b><span face=""Segoe UI","sans-serif"" style="background: white;">6 </span></b></span><span face=""Segoe UI","sans-serif"" style="background: white;">Jesus said to him,
I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by
(through) Me.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p><br /><p></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-61717189141588904992022-04-30T05:15:00.001-07:002022-05-15T00:42:38.013-07:00Abundant Grace<p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The man looked highly distraught broke down to the pastor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“I had it all but now I lost everything,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There is absolutely no way is there I can ever get anything back?” he asked <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“Yes, you can, on your knees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Before Adonai”, replied the pastor,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Every day big Ben (the name pastor kept for him) would come to the church
and pray for hours together<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Days went into months<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Months into years<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The pastor witnessed a miracle before his very eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The distraught man was now so peaceful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The shabby clothes had become all brand new<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">One day the pastor ran out to speak to big Ben before he left the church.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“I see you coming in to pray every day at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">How is everything with you is .I see a true transformation in you, it’s
really remarkable.” Pastor said <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The man beamed with joy in his eyes and replied<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“Thank you for your advice Pastor, I have been following it all the days of
my life and will follow it till I die<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I have a <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A 100% recovery on everything I lost <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Another 100% of his goodness on the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Pointing to his bible, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I have been claiming these promises everyday<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And He has answered every one of them.”</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Joel 2: 19-27 CJB <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="text"><span style="color: black;">Here
is how </span></span><span class="small-caps"><i><span style="color: black; font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i></span><span class="text"><span style="color: black;"> will
answer his people: </span></span><span style="color: black;"><br />
<span class="text">“I will send you grain, wine and olive oil, </span><br />
<span class="text">enough to satisfy you; </span><br />
<span class="text">and no longer will I make you</span><br />
<span class="text">a mockery among the <i>Goyim</i>.</span><br />
<span class="text"><b><sup><span id="en-CJB-14285">20 </span></sup></b>No,
I will take the northerner away,</span></span><br />
<span class="text">far away from you,</span><br />
<span class="text">and drive him to a land</span><br />
<span class="text">that is waste and barren;</span><br />
<span class="text">with his vanguard toward the eastern sea</span><br />
<span class="text">and his rearguard toward the western sea,</span><br />
<span class="text">his stench and his rottenness will rise,</span><br />
<span class="text">because he has done great things.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 2.4rem; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; min-width: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span id="en-CJB-14286"><span class="text"><b><sup><span style="color: black;">21 </span></sup></b></span><span class="text"><span style="color: black;">Don’t
fear, O soil; be glad! rejoice!</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><br />
<span class="text">For </span><span class="small-caps"><i><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i></span><span class="text"> have
done great things.</span><br />
<span class="text"><b><sup><span id="en-CJB-14287">22 </span></sup></b>Don’t
be afraid, wild animals;</span></span><br />
<span class="text">for the desert pastures are green,</span><br />
<span class="text">the trees are putting out their fruit,</span><br />
<span class="text">the fig tree and vine are giving full yield.</span><br />
<span class="text"><b><sup><span id="en-CJB-14288">23 </span></sup></b>Be
glad, people of Tziyon!</span><br />
<span class="text">rejoice in </span><span class="small-caps"><i><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i></span><span class="text"> your
God!</span><br />
<span class="text">For he is giving you</span><br />
<span class="text">the right amount of rain in the fall,</span><br />
<span class="text">he makes the rain come down for you,</span><br />
<span class="text">the fall and spring rains — this is what he does first.</span><br />
<span class="text"><b><sup><span id="en-CJB-14289">24 </span></sup></b>Then
the floors will be full of grain</span><br />
<span class="text">and the vats overflow with wine and olive oil.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 2.4rem; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; min-width: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span id="en-CJB-14290"><span class="text"><b><sup><span style="color: black;">25 </span></sup></b></span><span class="text"><span style="color: black;">“I
will restore to you the years that the locusts ate,</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><br />
<span class="text">the grasshoppers, shearer-worms and cutter-worms,</span><br />
<span class="text">my great army that I sent against you.</span><br />
<span class="text"><b><sup><span id="en-CJB-14291">26 </span></sup></b>You
will eat until you are satisfied</span></span><br />
<span class="text">and will praise the name of </span><span class="small-caps"><i><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i></span><span class="text"> your God,</span><br />
<span class="text">who has done with you such wonders.</span><br />
<span class="text">Then my people will never again be shamed.</span><br />
<span class="text"><b><sup><span id="en-CJB-14292">27 </span></sup></b>You
will know that I am with Isra’el</span><br />
<span class="text">and that I am </span><span class="small-caps"><i><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adonai</span></i></span><span class="text"> your
God,</span><br />
<span class="text">and that there is no other.</span><br />
<span class="text">Then my people will never again be shamed.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-7201936626189637672022-03-31T06:14:00.010-07:002023-12-28T07:47:20.246-08:00Mother of mine<p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Mother of mine <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">When I was young <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The words that you taught me<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Is what I am standing on.</span></p><p><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">W</span></o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">henever I had seen you broken and beaten</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">With sickness and ill health.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">You never let voices demean you <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">You commanded and demanded self-respect.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Though the world may consider you unworthy </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Devoid of any value<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">You would often say<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Just the thought the savior died for you <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;">John
3:16 KJV, reads: “</span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And your parents thought the world of you <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Should make you feel so valuable and you don’t have to care about the rest.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The priceless words you thought me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">From the classic poem "Invictus"</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Will stand ever before me.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">You are the captain of your ship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">You are the master of your soul<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">No one can put their price on me<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And tell me what I am worth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><em style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://zorahinternational.com/billing" target="_blank">www.zorahinternational.com</a></em></p><br /><p></p><p></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-23238545328742684372022-02-28T03:16:00.003-08:002023-12-28T07:47:41.442-08:00It is well with my soul<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Old Benjamin knelt by his bed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And with shivering hands wrote in his diary.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“Father, God, he wrote and broke down crying,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sobbing he continued,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“You brought us out of the danger <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">With your mighty outstretched hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">From a city engulfed in flames<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">From a country who is fighting hard to save their nation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We don’t know what tomorrow holds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">But your word says in Psalms 5:12 CJB<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="text"><b><sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">(11) </span></sup></b></span><span class="text"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">But
let all who take refuge in you rejoice, </span></span><br />
<span class="text"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">let them forever shout for joy!</span></span><br />
<span class="text"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Shelter them; and they will be glad, </span><br />
<span class="text"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">those who love your name.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So we will sing and rejoice, yes it is well; it
is well with my soul for because he lives I can face tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><em style="background-color: transparent; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://zorahinternational.com/billing" target="_blank">www.zorahinternational.com</a></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p><p><br /></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-4294872858651140402022-01-30T02:45:00.001-08:002023-12-28T07:48:03.295-08:00Living with the enemy<p></p><p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Living with
the enemy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Is a lot like
living in hell.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">All you want
to do is to yell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Leave me
alone and get out of my head.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Living with
the enemy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">You are
always on your guard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">The enemy is
always watching<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Hoping and
praying for your downfall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Living with
the enemy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Is a lot
like a game of chess,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Not to be
out beaten <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Each is
always at their best.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">As with
everything else<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Let’s look
at what the word of God says<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.6rem;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Mathew 5:43-48</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; min-width: 0px;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"><svg height="6.5" viewbox="0 0 11.5 6.5" width="11.5" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M11.28.22a.75.75 0 0 0-1.06 0L5.75 4.69 1.28.22A.75.75 0 0 0 .22 1.28l5 5a.73.73 0 0 0 .53.22.74.74 0 0 0 .53-.22l5-5a.75.75 0 0 0 0-1.06z"></path></svg>Complete
Jewish Bible<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.6rem; line-height: 20.4pt; min-width: 0px;"><span class="versenum"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;"><svg height="6.5" viewbox="0 0 11.5 6.5" width="11.5" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M11.28.22a.75.75 0 0 0-1.06 0L5.75 4.69 1.28.22A.75.75 0 0 0 .22 1.28l5 5a.73.73 0 0 0 .53.22.74.74 0 0 0 .53-.22l5-5a.75.75 0 0 0 0-1.06z"></path></svg>43 </span></b></span><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">“You have heard that our fathers were told, ‘<b>Love your
neighbor</b><span data-fn="#fen-CJB-23291a" data-link="[<a href="#fen-CJB-23291a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]"></span></span><span class="footnote"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A43-48&version=CJB#fen-CJB-23291a" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-width: 0px;" title="See footnote a"><span style="color: #4a4a4a;">a</span></a>]</span></span></span><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;"> —
and hate your enemy.’ </span></span><span class="versenum"><span id="en-CJB-23292"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 1.2rem;">44 </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">But I tell you, love your enemies! Pray for those who
persecute you! </span></span></span><span class="versenum"><span id="en-CJB-23293"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 1.2rem;">45 </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">Then you will become children of your Father in heaven. For
he makes his sun shine on good and bad people alike and he sends rain to the
righteous and the unrighteous alike. </span></span></span><span class="versenum"><span id="en-CJB-23294"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 1.2rem;">46 </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">What reward do you get if you love only those who love you?
Why, even tax-collectors do that! </span></span></span><span class="versenum"><span id="en-CJB-23295"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 1.2rem;">47 </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">And if you are friendly only to your friends, are you doing
anything out of the ordinary? Even the <i>Goyim</i> do that! </span></span></span><span class="versenum"><span id="en-CJB-23296"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 1.2rem;">48 </span></span></b></span><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">Therefore, be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is
perfect.</span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dearly
beloved </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">I know
it’s not an easy task</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">But
with the Grace from above</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.6rem; line-height: 20.4pt; min-width: 0px;"><span class="versenum"><span class="text"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">We can
one day be called good and faithful servants by our Lord.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 2.4rem; min-width: 0px;"> <em style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://zorahinternational.com/billing" target="_blank">www.zorahinternational.com</a></em></p><p></p><p><br /></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417087387074217597.post-88589493802111634422021-12-29T23:30:00.000-08:002023-12-28T07:48:21.949-08:00When Love is Lost<p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">When love is lost </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">All hell is broken lose within our soul.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Total unbelief will hit us, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“We
have been together since eternity!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Now, you suddenly decided you are better off
without me”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">You would complain.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">With heart breaking and tears falling,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Every day it will be a roller coaster ride of
emotions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">You will finally accept the inevitable. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Love is gone, whether it’s with one leg or
two</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">I really need to move on, you would say.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Why does love get lost? Have you ever
wondered?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">What does the bible say about love?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">1 Corinthians 13: 4- 8 CJB</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Love is patient and kind, not jealous, not
boastful, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">5 not proud, rude or selfish, not easily
angered, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">And it keeps no record of wrongs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">6 Love does not gloat over other people’s
sins</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">But takes its delight in the truth.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">7 Love always bears up, always trusts, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Always hopes, always endures.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">8 Love never ends;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Remember through the tears and through the
years.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Be patient. Learn to hold on.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Don't give up on the other person.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Love never ends.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Somewhere down the line </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">You will get your breakthrough</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Till then, keep praying.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><em style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://zorahinternational.com/billing" target="_blank">www.zorahinternational.com</a></em></p>
<p class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="text"><b><sup><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></b></span></p><br /><p></p>Priya Antonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544206271312797189noreply@blogger.com0