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some verses i like

"Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand." ~mark twain


hebrews 11:3 
"by faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible."


zephaniah 3:17 
"The LORD your God is with you,
   He is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
   He will quiet you with His love,
   He will rejoice over you with singing.”

jeremiah 33:2-3
"this is what the LORD says, He who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it--the LORD is His name: 'call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'" 

psalm 130:5
"i wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in His word i put my hope."

isaiah 42:16
"I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them." 

ephesians 3:16-19
"i ask Him to strengthen you by His Spirit--not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength--that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite Him in. and i ask Him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you'll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ's love. reach out and experience the breadth! test its length! plumb the depths! rise to the heights! live full lives, full in the fullness of God." (from the message)

job 32:8-9
"but it is the Spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding. it is not only the old who are wise, not only the aged who understand what is right." 

isaiah 40:25-26
"to whom will you compare Me? or who is my equal?' says the Holy One. lift your eyes and look to the heavens: who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing." 

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  1. Hello Mandy! I 'discovered' Zephaniah 3:17 several months ago... and it has become a favorite of mine, also. Each line of that verse just speaks love. (o: Thank you for sharing these!
    Am happy to have a way to contact you -- I've been researching my family history for several years now, and I believe that we might share some common ancestors...here in Iowa. I'd enjoy visiting with you via email when you have time. Thanks, Mandy!

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