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					<description><![CDATA[Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his Holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:  Psalms 103:1-2 Our Bible study yesterday evening at church was taken from this portion of scripture. We have so many things to be thankful for.  (1)We need [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p><strong><em>Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his Holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:  Psalms 103:1-2</em></strong></p>



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<p>Our Bible study yesterday evening at church was taken from this portion of scripture. We have so many things to be thankful for.  (1)We need to Bless the Lord. That refers to bowing down before Him in humble adoration. (2) Remember all the wonderful things He has given us. </p>



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<p>(3) He forgives our sins and heals our diseases.                  (4) He redeems our lives from destruction and crowns us with lovingkindness and tender mercies.                                            (5) He satisfies our mouths with good things so our youth is renewed like the eagles.  </p>



<p>(12) He has removed our transgressions, or sins, from us as far as the east is from the west. Aren&#8217;t you glad of that?      </p>



<p><strong><em>But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and his righteousness unto children&#8217;s children. Psalms</em><em> 103:17 </em> I am so grateful for these verses. We claim them for our children and grandchildren.</strong></p>



<p>Don&#8217;t forget to take the time to praise God for His wonderful goodness and care of us.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are so blessed with wonderful friends from every phase of our lives. God is Good!! There are acquaintances, but then there are real friends who make an imprint on your soul. You all know who you are!                    We love you all!!]]></description>
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<p><strong>We are so blessed with wonderful friends from every phase of our lives. God is Good!! There are acquaintances, but then there are real friends who make an imprint on your soul. You all know who you are!</strong></p>



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		<title>Thankful Thursday</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thankfulness for God&#8217;s Love 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. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world: but that the world through Him might be saved.      John 3:16-17 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center"><em>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. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world: but that the world through Him might be saved.      John 3:16-17</em></p>



<p style="text-align:center"><em>But God commendeth His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.       Romans 5:8</em></p>



<p><strong>I can never be thankful enough for God&#8217;s amazing Love!! He loved us so much, He sent His Son, Jesus, to be born, to live a sinless life among us, and to die in our place. He paid the penalty for our</strong> <strong>sins!  <strong>To show our gratitude for His great sacrifice on our account, we must ask Him to forgive our sins and receive His free gift of salvation.</strong></strong></p>



<p><em>But as many as received Him, to them gave He the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.      John 1:12</em></p>



<p style="text-align:center"><em>The Spirit itself bears witness with our Spirit, that we are the children of God. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer </em><g class="gr_ gr_17 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="17" data-gr-id="17">with</g><em> Him, that we may be also glorified together.             Romans 8:16-17</em></p>



<p><strong> He gives us the marvelous gift of becoming His child with all the rights and privileges. To show our gratefulness for His amazing gift of Salvation, He asks that we love Him in return.</strong></p>



<p style="text-align:center"><em>Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment.      Matthew 22:37-38</em></p>



<p style="text-align:center"><em>And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.      I Corinthians 13:13</em></p>



<p style="text-align:center"><em>Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation (substitute) for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. We love </em>Him<g class="gr_ gr_11 gr-alert sel gr_gramm gr_replaced gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="11" data-gr-id="11"></g><em> because He first love us.               I John 4:10,11,19</em></p>



<p><strong>If you have never received God&#8217;s wonderful love by asking Him to forgive your sins and receiving Him as your Savior, today would be a great day to do that!</strong></p>
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