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    by Jan Couns

Bible and Quote - November 2-6
Date Posted: August 23, 2019

Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies - make straight your way before me. Psalm 5:8
I shall not fear the battle If thou art by my side, Nor wander from the pathway If thou wilt be my guide. John E. Bode

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue. Psalm 5:9
If the Lord's people will humble themselves by admitting that deception is quite possible to them, they will be the less deceived. Watchman Nee, 1903-72, Chinese Christian evangelist and author

O God! Let (the guilty) fall by their own counsels; Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against You. Psalm 5:10

Genuine outrage is not just a permissible reaction to the hard-pressed Christian; God himself feels it, and so should the Christian in the presence of pain, cruelty, violence, and injustice. Os Guinness

But let all who take refuge in you be glad. Psalm 5:11a

For happiness one needs security, but for those who trust God, joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

.let them ever (perpetually) sing for joy (who trust in You) Psalm 5:11b
I choose joy... I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance. I will refuse to see any problem as anything less than an opportunity to see God. Max Lucado

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Birth: 1948, Biloxi, Mississippi

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