Bottom line: love is the standard, serving is proof

Just to be clear where I'm going with this, Jesus is the standard God lifted up against the flood of the enemy. His main attribute, according especially through the apostle John but also a common refrain through the scriptures is love. If we therefor, are members of His body, we should also have that attribute.

Love is not smarmy. It is correction, reproof, steadfast help in time of trouble, encompassing all that God is.

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**Proverbs 15:23 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<23> To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is! ```

~mumbles,.mumbles,.mumbles,.~ "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, and the ability to change the things I cannot accept and the wisdom to know the difference" ~mumbles,.mumbles,.mumbles,.~ Amen.

Romans 8:29 For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30. Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified.

**Romans 8:29 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<29> For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family. ```

Romans 9:11 For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him that calleth. 12. It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. 13. As it is written, Jacob have I loved but Esau have I hated.

**Romans 9:11 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<11> Even before they had been born or had done anything good or bad (so that God's purpose of election might continue, ```

Ephesians 1:4-6 According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love: 5. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6. To the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us acceptable in the beloved.

**Ephesians 1:4-6 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<4> just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. <5> He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, <6> to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. ```

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**Acts 10:47 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<47> "Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?" ```

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**Psalm 13:5-6 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<5> But I trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. <6> I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me. ```

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**Hebrews 9:28 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<28> so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. ```

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**Isaiah 40:29 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<29> He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. ```

Casting Crowns - Praise You In This Storm (Live from YouTube Space New York) - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWW3gYCvKS412p7o6qSK5gg
❤️LongWay Home

https://youtu.be/f8TkUMJtK5k

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**Matthew 6:19-20 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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Concerning Treasures

<19> "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; <20> but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. ```

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**Habakkuk 2:4 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<4> Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faith. ```

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**1 Peter 1:13 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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A Call to Holy Living

<13> Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. ```

Psalm 4:3-5 But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto Him. 4. Stand in awe, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still, Selah. 5. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness and put your trust in the Lord.

**Psalm 4:3-5 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<3> But know that the Lord has set apart the faithful for himself; the Lord hears when I call to him. <4> When you are disturbed, do not sin; ponder it on your beds, and be silent. Selah<5> Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the Lord. ```

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.

The idea of being 'still' does not, to me mean just silence but, in the case of stillness before God, a reverent waiting to see His glory.

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**Psalm 103:13 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<13> As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him. ```

HOPE https://youtu.be/61DqmcAWXDg Kim Clement 9/11 Prophecy - Part 1

https://twitter.com/RepDougCollins/status/1176607040883634176?s=09

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