Can I Love Again? The true story of how God brought me back from the pain of deceit and betrayal
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    ~ Dedication ~
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    ~ Acknowledgement ~
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    ~ Preface ~
    Page 8
    Hosea 4:6 My people perish from a lack of knowledge.
    1 Corinthians.13:4 Charity suffers long, and is kind; charity envies not; charity brags not itself, is not puffed up.
    Hebrews 13:5 I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
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    Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
    John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
    Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
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    ~ Introduction ~
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    ~ Opening Prayer ~
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    2 Corinthians 12:9 My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
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    ~ Chapter One ~
    My Journey In Life
    Page 22
    1 Corinthians 13:8 Charity never faileth.
    John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
    2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
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    ~ Chapter Two ~
    Before It Rains, There Is Always A Warning
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    Ecclesiastes 11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
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    1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
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    Proverbs 15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
    Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
    Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
    Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
    Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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    Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
    Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
    Proverbs 18:17 Whosoever findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the LORD.
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    Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
    Jeremiah 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
    Proverbs 18:22 Whosoever findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the LORD.
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    Ephesians 5:25 Love your wife as Christ loves the church
    Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
    Proverbs 18:22 Whosoever findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the LORD.
    1 Corinthians 7:2-4 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
    Ephesians 5:28-29 Men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself. For no man ever hate his own flesh but nourished and cherished it even as the Lord love the church.
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    Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
    Ephesians 5:32 Jesus Christ loved the church and gave himself for it. That he might sanctify, cleanse and glorify his church, meaning the people. A wife should submit to and reverence our husband just as Christians submit to and worship the Lord Jesus Christ.
    Mark 10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
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    Psalms 23:2-5 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He makes me lie down in green pastures for his name sake.
    Psalms 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
    Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
    Psalms 18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
    Hebrews 13:5 I will never leave you nor forsake you he will not leave us.
    Matthews 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
    Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me and I will do great and mighty things that thou know not of.
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    Hebrews 13:5 I will never leave you nor forsake you he will not leave us.
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    ~ Chapter Three ~
    The Cloud Stands Still – But No Rain
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    2 Corinthians 12:9 And he said unto me, my grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
    1 Peter 4:8 Love covers a multitude of sins.
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    Mark 10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
    Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
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    Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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    Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
    Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
    Mark 16:16 Faith without work is dead.
    Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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    ~ Chapter Four ~
    There Is A Storm
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    John 10:10 The thief cometh not but to kill, to steal, and to destroy. I come that they might have life and have it more abundantly.
    1 John 4:7 Beloved let us love one another for love is of God. And everyone that loves is born of God. He that love not, Knowth not God for God is love. God love us so much that he gave his life for us.
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    Matthew 6:33 Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all thing will be given unto you.
    John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
    Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
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    1 John 4:18, 7 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
    1 John 4-7 There is no fear in love. For perfect love casteth away all fear, because fear has torment. He that feareth is not God, and it is not made perfect in love. Beloved let us love one another for God is love and everyone that loveth is born of God and Knoweth God.
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    ~ Chapter Five ~
    The Storm Lingered On
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    Proverbs 17:21 A man of perverse heart does not prosper. He whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
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    Galatians 5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
    Proverbs 13:44 Righteousness exalted a nation but sin is a reproach to any person.
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    1 John 4:16 For there is no fear in love. But perfect love casteth out fear, because fear has torment. He thust fearth is not of God and is not made perfect in love
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    Mathew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
    John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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    Hosea 4:6 My people perish from a lack of knowledge.
    Matthew 6:7-8 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
    Jeremiah 29:13-14 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
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    John 15:17 This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
    John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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    Jeremiah 29:13-14 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
    Galatians 6:1 Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
    Galatians 6:2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
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    Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
    Matthew 7:7-8 Ask and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened
    Psalm 42:1-8 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
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    Psalm 23:1-4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
    Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us
    Psalm 130:1-2 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
    Hebrews 13:5 I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. L and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
    Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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    2 Corinthians 1:3-7 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

    Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

    For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

    And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

    And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

    Philippians 2:2-5 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus
    1 John 4:7-20 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him

    Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sin

    Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

    No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

    Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world. it.

    Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

    And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

    No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

    Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

    And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.

    If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

    1 Corinthians 13:1, 4 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

    Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.

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    Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
    John 3:16 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.
    Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
    Mark 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
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    Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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    ~ Chapter Six ~
    It’s A Hurricane
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    Proverbs 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
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    ~ Chapter Seven ~
    The Hurricane Slowed Down
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    1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
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    Psalm 55:4-5 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
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    ~ Chapter Eight ~
    The Hurricane Picked Up Again
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    Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
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    Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper.
    Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
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    Psalm 61:1-3 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
    From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee,
    when my heart is overwhelmed:
    lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
    For thou hast been a shelter for me,
    and a strong tower from the enemy.
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    Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
    Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.
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    1 Corinthians 13:6-7 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

    Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

    Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
    Matthew 5:44-45 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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    Jeremiah 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
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    ~ Chapter Nine ~
    It Is A Tornado
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    John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
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    John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
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    1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
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    Matthew 5:44-45 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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    ~ Chapter Ten ~
    After A Storm, There Is A Calm
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    Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
    Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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    Matthew 11:29-30 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
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    Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
    Ephesians 6:13-17 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

    Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

    And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

    Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

    And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God

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    Luke 4:18-19 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
    Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.
    Exodus 20:3 Thou shall have no other Gods before me.
    Psalm 51:10-11 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
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    Matthew 17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
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    Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
    Jeremiah 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
    Job 6:2-3, 10:1-2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

    My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

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    Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
    Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
    Psalm 38:1-11 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

    For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

    There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

    For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

    My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

    I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

    For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

    I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

    Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

    My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

    My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

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    Psalm 6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
    Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
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    ~ Chapter Eleven ~
    Give It All To Jesus
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    Psalm 107:27-28 They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits’ end.

    Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

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    1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
    1 Peter 4:12-13 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

    But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

    2 Corinthians 1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life.
    2 Corinthians 2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
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    1 Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
    Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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    Psalm 72:12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
    Psalm 61:1-2 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
    Psalm 89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
    Job 16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death.
    Psalm 119:67-71 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

    The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

    Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

    It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes

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    2 Samuel 22:17-19, 40 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

    For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

    1 Samuel 2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
    Psalm 29:11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
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    Psalm 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
    Psalm 68:35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
    Psalm 71:9-18 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

    For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

    Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

    O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

    Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

    But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

    My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

    I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

    O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

    Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

    Psalm 68:35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
    Psalm 68:35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
    Psalm 84:5-7 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

    Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

    They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

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    Psalm 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
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    Isaiah 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
    Psalm 21:2-3 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

    For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

    Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
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    3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
    John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
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    Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
    Psalm 18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
    Mark 9:29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
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    2 Samuel 7:7, 12 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

    And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

    Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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    Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
    2 Corinthians 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
    Psalm 18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
    Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
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    2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
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    Psalm 46:9

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    He maketh wars to cease unto the ends of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire.
    Philippians 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
    Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
    Psalm 42:6-7 Oh my God, my soul is cast down within me; Therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan.

    Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspout; All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

    Matthew 8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
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    Psalm 130:1-2 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

    Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

    Psalm 63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek Thee: My soul thirseth land, where no water is.
    Psalm 84:11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: The Lord will give Grace and glory: No good thing will he withhold from the that walk uprightly.
    Psalm 23:2-4 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

    He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

    Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.
    Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things such as ye have: For he hath said, I will never leave Thee nor forsake Thee.
    2 Corinthians 1:3,4 Blessed be God, even the father pr our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of mercies, and the God of all comfort ; who comforteth us in all our tribulations, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
    2 Corinthians 1:6-7 And whether we be afflicted. It is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: Or whether we become comforted it is your consolation and salvation. And our hope of you steadfast, knowing, that as ye partaker of the sufferings, So shall ye be also of the consolation.
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    Philippians 2:3-5 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

    Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

    Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

    1 Corinthians 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
    1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
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    ~ Chapter Twelve ~
    How Can I Love Again?
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    Matthew 6:33 Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things will be added unto you.
    Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from Thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, Thou shalt find him, If thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
    1 Corinthians 13:4-6 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vauneth not itself, is not puffed up etc.
    Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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    Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
    John 3:16 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.
    Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
    Mark 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
    Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths
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    Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
    2 Corinthians 10:4-6 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
    1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to men: But God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; But will with the temptation also make a way to escape, That ye may be able to bear it.
    John 10:10 The thief cometh not, But for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
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    Matthew 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
    2 Corinthians 10:4-5 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
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    Psalm 51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
    1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
    John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
    John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
    Matthew 5:12, 15 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

    But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

    Galatians 6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
    John 8:44 Ye are of your father the Devil, and the lust of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from t he beginning, And abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in he is a liar, and the father of it.
    Matthew 5:12, 15 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

    But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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    James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
    Matthews 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
    Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me and I will do great and mighty things that thou know not of.
    Galatians 5:25-26 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
    Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
    Mark 9:29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
    Joel 2:12-13 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

    And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

    Isaiah 58:6-8 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

    Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

    Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy reward.

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    2 Corinthians 10:4-6 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
    Psalm 51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
    Matthew 17:20-21 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
    Job 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
    Ezra 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
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    1 Samuel 7:2, 8-9 It was a long time, twenty years in all, that the ark remained at Kiriath Jearim, and all the people of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD.

    And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

    And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.

    Psalm 35:12-13 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

    But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

    Psalm 90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
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    Jeremiah 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
    2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
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    2 Corinthians 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
    Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
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    Matthew 5:12, 15 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
    Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
    1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
    Luke 4:18-19 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
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    Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
    Proverbs 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart.
    Proverbs 11:17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
    Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
    Hosea 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
    Psalm 51:1-3, 10-12 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

    Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

    For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

    Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

    Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

    Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

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    Psalm 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
    Matthew 11:29-30 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
    Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
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    Psalm 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
    Luke 4:18-19 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
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    2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
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    Matthew 5:23-24 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

    Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

    Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
    Jeremiah 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
    Mark 9:29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
    John 10:10 The thief cometh not but to kill, to steal, and to destroy. I come that they might have life and have it more abundantly.
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    Barriers In Marriage
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    Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
    Psalm 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
    Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
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    Romans 7:15, 19-21 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

    For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

    John 10:10 The thief cometh not but to kill, to steal, and to destroy. I come that they might have life and have it more abundantly.
    3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
    Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge.
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    Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
    Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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    Matthew 5:31-32 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
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    Ephesians 5:24-25 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.
    1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth.
    1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
    John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
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    Ephesians 5:24-25 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.
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    ~ Chapter Fourteen ~
    Pride In Marriage
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    Proverbs 16:8 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
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    Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
    Matthew 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
    Hebrews 13:5 I will never leave you nor forsake you he will not leave us.
    Psalm 84:11 No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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    Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
    Proverbs 17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
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    John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
    Psalm 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
    Matthew 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
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    Proverbs 21:9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
    1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
    Matthew 11:29-30 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
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    Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
    Ephesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath
    Page 155 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
    Leviticus 26:14-20 But if you will not hearken to Me and will not do all these commandments,

    And if you spurn and despise My statutes, and if your soul despises and rejects My ordinances, so that you will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant,

    I will do this: I will appoint over you [sudden] terror (trembling, trouble), even consumption and fever that consume and waste the eyes and make the [physical] life pine away. You shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

    I [the Lord] will set My face against you and you shall be defeated and slain before your enemies; they who hate you shall rule over you; you shall flee when no one pursues you.

    And if in spite of all this you still will not listen and be obedient to Me, then I will chastise and discipline you seven times more for your sins.

    And I will break and humble your pride in your power, and I will make your heavens as iron [yielding no answer, no blessing, no rain] and your earth [as sterile] as brass.

    And your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

    Proverbs 29:23 A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
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