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WINDOW IN THE SKIES

The shackles are undone
“Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles." Psalm 2:3 NIV
 
They bruised his feet with shackles... till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the Lord proved him true. Psalm 105:18-19 NIV
The heat that's in the sun
Will keep us when there's none
They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat. Revelation 7:16 NASB
The rule has been disproved
The stone it has been moved
The grave is now a groove
All debts are removed
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. John 21:1 NIV
 
Then the women looked and saw that the stone was already moved. The stone was very large, but it was moved away from the entrance. Mark 16:4 ICB
 
They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body. Luke 24:2-4 NRSV
Oh can't you see what love has done?
What it's done to me?
Praise be to the Lord, for he showed me the wonders of his love when I was in a city under siege. Psalm 31:21 NIV

Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me... Psalm 25:7 NIV

By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life. Psalm 42:8 NIV

For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead. Psalm 86:13 NIV
Love makes strange enemies
Makes love where love may please
The soul and its striptease
Hate brought to its knees
Jesus: “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous." Matthew 5:43-45 NIV
I've got no shame, oh no, oh no
Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. Genesis 2:25 NIV​
To every broken heart
For every heart that cries
Love left a window in the skies
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 NIV

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Psalm 51:17 NRSV

I learned God-worship when my pride was shattered. Heart-shattered lives ready for love don't for a moment escape God's notice. Psalm 51:17 MSG
Window in the skies
God caused the wind to blow and the floodwaters began to go down. The underground springs were shut off, the windows of Heaven closed and the rain quit. Genesis 8:1-3 MSG

Look down from heaven, look at us! Look out the window of your holy and magnificent house! Isaiah 63:14-19 MSG
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