13 (THERE IS A LIGHT)
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Psalm 13: How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death… Psalm 13:1-3 NIV
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AND IF THE TERRORS OF THE NIGHT
COME CREEPING INTO YOUR DAYS AND THE WORLD COMES STEALING CHILDREN FROM YOUR ROOM |
Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. Psalm 91:5-6 NLT
Look! It is Solomon's carriage, escorted by sixty warriors... prepared for the terrors of the night. Song of Songs 3:7-8 NIV My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me. Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me. Psalm 55:4-5 NIV Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me. All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me. You have taken from me friend and neighbor--darkness is my closest friend. Psalm 88:16-18 NIV |
DARKNESS GATHERS AROUND THE LIGHT
HOLD ON, HOLD ON THERE IS A LIGHT YOU CAN’T ALWAYS SEE IF THERE IS A WORLD WE CAN’T ALWAYS BE IF THERE IS A DARK THAT WE SHOULDN’T DOUBT AND THERE IS A LIGHT DON’T LET IT GO OUT |
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 NIV
Jesus: "See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness." Luke 11:35 NIV Jesus: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 NIV Jesus: "You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light." John 12:35-36 NIV Jesus: "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." John 12:46 NIV |
WHEN THE WINDS SCREAMS AND SHOUTS
AND THE SEA IS A DRAGON’S TAIL |
Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. Revelation 12:4 NIV
The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. Revelation 12:9 NIV The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. Revelation 13:1 NIV |
A SONG FOR SOMEONE
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Jesus: "and I shall ask the Father to give you Someone else to stand by you, to be with you always. I mean the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, for it can neither see nor recognise that Spirit." John 14:15-20 PHILLIPS
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I KNOW THE WORLD IS DUMB
BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE |
The Message that points to Christ on the Cross seems like sheer silliness.... Since the world in all its fancy wisdom never had a clue when it came to knowing God, God in his wisdom took delight in using what the world considered dumb.... 1 Corinthians 1:18-21 MSG
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ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH TO BE KIND?
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Jesus: "I tell you, love your enemies.... Our Father is kind; you be kind." Luke 6:35-36 MSG
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 NIV |
GUARD YOUR INNOCENCE
FROM HALLUCINATION... DO YOU KNOW YOUR HEART HAS ITS OWN MIND? |
Above all else, guard your heart for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence. All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments. Psalm 73:13-14 NIV Jesus: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:21 NIV |