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There's JOY in the Kitchen ~
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The Holy Spirit is the Author of Dreams.
- H. B. London
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A weekly newsletter from Sarah's Tent, an
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Isa 51:1-2 / Isa 54:2-3 / Heb 10:24, 25
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DREAMING DREAMS
By JoyfulArt
You will notice that this week's JITK is not
like any other that you have received. The
message this issue contains is so important that
I felt impressed to only put the message. Some of
you have already received this, and some, more
than once. Bear with me, the message is vital and
timely, and there are those who have not received
it yet, that I believe would benefit from it.
The following article was sent to me by the
author. It takes courage to share what you know
God has given you, under threat of being laughed
at or called a quack. I know from experience that
God gives dreams to warn, to heal, to teach, to
minister, to reveal. I pray that you will read
this with an open heart and sober mind. God IS
moving upon our land, and He will not be mocked.
Men are reaping what they have sowed.
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Acts 2:17
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith
God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions, and your
old men shall dream dreams: (KJV)
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IT IS COMING
By TIGGER9807
I stood on a large rock and looked in the
distance. There I could see clouds of the storm
coming. They were as black as they could be. As I
watched they drew closer. Finally I could
distinguish seven separate tornadoes underneath
them. The wind was blowing in front of them
cleansing everything not fastened down. At first
I felt a great fear spread over me for they took
up the whole horizon. Then a peace settled over
me as knowledge that if I stood firmly on the
rock I was standing on that they would just pass
me by and not harm me. So I stood and watched the
majesty of God at work. I yelled at the people
around me that they were coming, but few would
listen. I could feel the wind as they drew
closer, sweeping strongly onward. Finally, just
as these tornadoes were coming over the last
rise, a great earthquake as never having been
felt before hit the land we were in. The people
and buildings they had built were falling
everywhere. Lots were being hurt; many killed by
the debris from the buildings falling on them.
Then the earth they had been building on opened
and started swallowing them. I could feel a
rolling on the rock I was on but not enough to
even cause me to lose my balance. A great sadness
filled my heart as I saw the horror around me.
Then God spoke and told me "Go and warn
them. For it is coming and many will fall and
many will die."
I then woke up and asked God for the meaning
of this dream. He told me to ask several of His
prophets. I have learned that I am not the only
one that has seen this warning of it coming,
others have had dreams and visions. In Joel
2:28-29 it says "And afterward, I will pour
out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and your
daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream
dreams, and your young men will see visions. Even
on my servants, both men and women I will pour
out my Spirit in those days." Yes, this is
happening today.
This is what He showed me of this dream (both
personally and through the people He sent me to.)
He took me to Matthew 24. He showed me that
though this was spoken in the physical, some of
these would also take place in the spiritual
realm. He told me to go and warn others so I am
doing this by speaking this teaching. I know many
will disagree, but I have to do what God told me
to do. Please pray about this as you listen and
ask God to speak truth to your hearts.
Here is what I know...
The wind ahead of these tornadoes already is
blowing in the churches. It is stirring up the
church cleansing out those that are not truly
walking with God, but only believe that they have
done all they are suppose to do in:
1. Saying the words of the sinners prayer -
but not really choosing to let it be a
conversion, just a safeguard. God wants it to be
a life changing decision. A commitment to walk
with Him, not just to figure that since you said
the words now you can do as you please. Jesus
said, "If you love me you will obey my
commandments." When you truly love someone
you seek to please him or her and to be with them
as much as possible. They are then the most
important things in your life. Is Jesus Christ
the most important thing in your life? Are you in
love with Him? Or is He just someone that is out
there and you know of Him in your head, but your
heart is empty of the knowledge? Do you know of
Him, or do you know Him personally?
2. Giving to God This is NOT to be done as a
duty or as a bartering with God, as in I will
give you this much but expect 30 - 100 times back
in return. God is not a loan officer. We are to
give weekly of our tithes and offerings, but NOT
because we expect God to give us more in return.
Jesus tells us that His Kingdom is not of this
world, so why should we seek to have it here? In
Matthew 6:19-21 Jesus tells us to lay up our
treasures in heaven, where neither rust nor moths
can destroy it, nor thief steal it. He also said
where your treasure is there is your heart.
Sister's and brother's where is your heart today?
Is it focused on the temporal world, or on God's
Kingdom? In Matthew 6:34 Jesus tells us not to
worry about tomorrow for today has enough trouble
of its own. I am not saying God does not bless
us, but I am saying He blesses a lot of times in
the spiritual, laying up treasures in Heaven for
us. In the meantime, when you accept Jesus Christ
as Lord and Savior you become joint heirs with
Jesus, this means you are a child of the most
high God. How much richer can you be?
3. Attending church faithfully. Not truly out
of love of God, but as a social club, as a means
of gathering gossip for the week, or as a means
of status. Sometimes it seems some people just
attend church to get fuel for their gossip
sessions during the week. The church is suppose
to be a family, each interceding for the other
and affirming the other in God. We need to take
time to thank God for one another instead of
seeking to tear each other down. We need to
intercede for our brothers and sisters before God
on their behalf. Take a moment today to intercede
for someone, then give thanks for that someone
being in your life, and a part of the family of
God. The Word of God tells us we are to exhort
one another, not tear each other down. Instead of
talking down about someone, (including your
pastors) lift him or her up to our Father that
cares and loves us.
Tornado 1... War and rumors of wars. (Matthew
24: 6) This is a hard one to understand for it is
Christian against Christian. Many are already
suffering in this country (financially,
physically, and yes, spiritually) and condemned
by other Christians for their suffering. There is
a famous saying "The Christian army is the
only army that kills its wounded." Many
"Christians" will turn on others and
try to kill them (spiritually) for not following
their own beliefs. Denominations will become a
battleground, a means of war. Each one believing
that they are the only true way to God, and if
you do not practice as they do then you are wrong
and your mind must be changed to their way. I
have seen this already (and experienced it
personally) in the ways many treat each other,
even though each one has accepted Jesus Christ as
the Son of God and Savior and Lord of their
lives. We need to know that no matter what our
denomination, if it is Truth (Biblically sound)
then we need to accept the other person for it is
the same Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in each of
us.
Tornado 2... Kingdom against kingdom, and
Nation against nation. (Matthew 24:7) This is not
only going to be in the physical, but also in the
spiritual realm. The Kingdom of God is going to
go to battle against the kingdoms we still have
ruling in our lives. Whether it is self, money,
family, friends, whatever, God wants to be Lord
and King of our lives, and we will either
surrender these kingdoms to Him or we will turn
away from Him.
It is a hard thing to give up these kingdoms
in our lives for they are a very strong part of
our lives, but this is required of us. It says in
Matthew 6:24 that we cannot serve two masters,
for we will hate the one and love the other.
Jesus Christ is to be our Lord and Master.
Tornado 3... Famines and Earthquakes. (Matthew
24:7) This also is not only in the physical realm
but also in the spiritual realm. The famines will
be the starving for the Word of God. People will
read the word but it will be as dust in their
mouths, dry and of no nutritional value. I
already hear over and over, "I read the
Bible but it does not speak to me." The
earthquakes will be the shaking of people's faith
in not having fed strongly already of the Word of
God and so not knowing what they truly are to
believe and stand on.
Do not turn to man for the answers, turn to
God. Seek to have a closer relationship with Him,
now while you can. Do not put off getting to know
God in a stronger way. Read His word, talk to
Him, worship Him, love Him with all your heart,
mind, body and spirit. To love God in this manner
is the first and greatest commandment Jesus gave
to His followers.
Matthew 24:8... All these are the beginning of
birth pains. Having had children I know it gets
worse so be prepared.
Tornado 4... Handed over and Persecuted, hated
by all nations. (Matthew 24:9) This will be in
the physical world. We as Christians will be
handed over, by friends, and even family to
persecution for what we stand for. Even people in
the church will betray us. These are the ones
that are there for the wrong reasons. Christians
will be hated strongly for what they believe in
and condemned even unto death for what they stand
for.
God is going to bring us back to the church of
the first century, where we will have to stand
together, no one better, no one worse than the
other. Alone we will be weak and fall. This does
not mean we are to put our trust in other men,
but we are to put our trust in God and He will
show us whom we may trust as far as we should. In
Jeremiah 17:5 it says "Thus sayeth the Lord:
'Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends
on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns
away from the Lord.'" So we are not to place
our trust in man, but in God. Allowing Him to
show us whom we may trust in these times. This is
a hard thing for some of us to do, as we have
been hurt by people in the churches, even in some
cases by the pastors themselves. But again that
is a human, not God. (Even pastors are human.)
But in these times we will either stand together
supporting one another, or more shall fall away.
This is where the second commandment of God comes
in to play: Love your neighbor as yourself.
Tornado 5... Many will turn away from the
faith and betray and hate each other. (Matthew
24:10) If our walk with God is not strong, and we
do not know what we believe in, we will turn
away. At that time we will hate those that still
stand in the faith of God. Pride and anger will
set in. The anger coming from the pride that
says, "Who do they think they are? I will
show them that they and their God are not so
strong. They think they are better than I am. I
will show them." Thus at this time they will
betray and hate us even if they are family.
Seek God's approval not man's for it will not
matter in the end, only God's approval will
matter. We need to be able to look only at Jesus
and not at other humans, even if family. Jesus
said that brother will turn against brother, son
against father, daughter against mother, etc. Do
you have your eyes set on Jesus so strongly that
if your own child or parent, or relative turned
against you in this manner that you could look
beyond them and see Jesus? Believe me Satan will
use your family as a tool against you. Does
having friends and being popular seem so
important that you would turn away from Jesus for
those "friends" approval? Do you
honestly know in your heart that you could stand
firm against the ridicules, and rejections, and
yes even torture to make you turn from Jesus? Can
you do as Stephen did? He stood firm to the end,
and even as he died he asked God not to hold that
sin against the ones stoning him. He was a
witness for Christ to the very last word he ever
spoke. He was confident of where he stood with
Jesus Christ, are you?
Tornado 6... False Prophets will appear and
deceive many. (Matthew 24:11) Thus enters the
false prophets. The ones that are not truly of
God and yet say "thus sayeth the Lord."
These are the ones that are going to school to
learn to be a prophet of God. They are learning
man's way not God's. A true prophet of God does
NOT need to go to school to learn the gift of
prophecy. Prophecy is a gift of God. A true
prophet of God is never self proclaimed, but God
shows them to be so by their words and actions. A
true prophet of God is NEVER wrong, for God is
never wrong. The false prophets may be appointed
but not anointed. This means they may be
appointed of man, but certainly not anointed of
God. They will speak the scriptures, but so
twisted to fit their means that many will believe
them and follow them. God will no longer be the
great I AM, but I (self) will be the great god.
Many are already being taught that we are
god's, that we each one are gods and we do not
need to seek Jesus as Lord, but as a mentor, a
guide. We are told to be open to whatever, and
not to pray for discernment, but just to accept
whatever comes in and later we will know if it is
of God by the fruits. Many are allowing spirits
NOT of God in by this acceptance teaching.
Matthew 7:15-20 warns us this way "Watch out
for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's
clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people
pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from
thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good
fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good
tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot
bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear
good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Thus, by their fruit you will recognize
them." This is why they tell you not to pray
for discernment. Pray for discernment. Pray for
the true Spirit of God, not this drunken spirit
that many are teaching, but the Spirit of God
that cares about the salvation of people. When
the Holy Spirit first came upon those in the
upper room they talked with different languages.
This was confusing to some so they accused them
of drunkenness. Peter explained it at that time,
but some "false prophets" of today feel
they know more than Jesus' disciples and so
proclaim lies stated as fact. Leading people to
believe God is in a partying mood, and so wants
everyone drunk with the "new wine" and
no longer caring about the salvation or those
still unsaved. This is totally contradictory of
what Jesus came to this world to do. And because
we as humans desire to know God more in the
physical we soak it up instead of going to God's
word and seeking the truth. Please, brothers and
sisters of God, GO TO HIS WORD, SEEK THE ANSWER.
Accept only the truth: Jesus said I am the Way,
the TRUTH, and the Life, no man comes to the
Father but through me. Ask yourselves "Do
these people preach Jesus' salvation, or just a
party of drunkenness? Are they fulfilling Jesus'
commandment to go into all the world and make
disciples, or just telling you to seek the power,
focus on what God can do for you? Is God truly
Lord, or has self become so?"
Tornado 7... Because of the increase of
wickedness the love of many will grow cold.
(Matthew 24:12) This one just basically finishes
up what all the others already have done. Many in
these tornadoes are going to fall and die
spiritually. I know many believe that you cannot
lose your salvation, this is true if it is a true
conversion, not just words spoken in a moment's
emotion. BUT, if you do not truly make it a
conversion, a life changing belief then one day
it may be as Jesus said in the Bible. In Matthew
7:21-23 Jesus said "Not everyone who says to
me 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the Kingdom of
Heaven, but only he who does the will of my
Father who is in Heaven. Many will say to me on
that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in
your name, and in your name drive out demons and
perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them
plainly, "I never knew you. Away from me you
evildoers!" In Matthew 24:13 says but he who
stands firm to the end will be saved. You do not
have to "earn" your salvation, but your
salvation is to be a conversion. Not just words
spoken. It is to be a life-changing thing. Like
Saul was converted and became Paul. Seek to let
it be such a conversion God gives you a new name.
To convert means to turn away from ALL that is
displeasing to God, not tomorrow or next week but
NOW! I know some things seem so overwhelming, but
in Christ ALL things are possible. We as humans
will stumble. We will fail at times. It is then
that we just have to keep giving it up to God. He
is faithful and He is the same ALWAYS. I know for
I have had to give things to Him, over and over.
But each time I ask forgiveness, He is faithful
to just pick me up, brush me off, fix my wounds,
and say "ok daughter ready to go on?" I
know we are not perfect, for we live in an
imperfect world, but we are to seek to be as much
like Jesus as we can. So I plead with you…
Get into God's word, seek to know Him better,
fall in love with Him for He loves you. God is a
God of love but He is also a God of truth, and if
you are not teaching truth (Jesus is the Truth!)
you are not teaching the one true God. God is a
God of love, BUT He is also a God of justice, and
man has been asking for it for a LONG time, and
God's fist of wrath is hovering over the world at
this time.
The Earthquake I saw, was for NOW. It is
warning that many are building on the sand. They
are building on false teachings. They are
building on prosperity, and name it and claim it,
and on counterfeit revivals. (God is not a bank!
He is not to be at our command! We are to pray
according to His will not ours! And NOWHERE in
the scriptures does it tell us that the Holy
Spirit barks as a dog, nor howls, but that He
speaks to the exhortation of the church, or as a
private prayer language.) They have taken their
eyes off the true God and placed them on man and
are building on what man is saying. The world
they are building on is going to open up and
swallow them into the pits of hell. The life that
they are building on man's teachings are going to
fall on them. Not all will die spiritually, but
many will, for they will blame God and turn from
Him. For many are placing God where they want Him
to be, and not allowing God to place them where
He wants them to be. God desires that we be
standing on the Rock of Jesus Christ. Building
for the Kingdom of God, not for our own worldly
gains. In Matthew 7:24-27 Jesus tells it this way
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of
mine, and puts them into practice is like a wise
man who built his house on the rock. The rain
came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew
against that house; yet it did not fall, because
it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone
who hears these words of mine and does not put
them into practice is like a foolish man who
built his house on sand. The rain came down, the
streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against
that house, and it fell with a great crash."
Brother's and sister's what are you building on?
Jesus is the Rock of our salvation. He is the
Cornerstone. Everything we are and ever will be
is to be built on Him, or we will fall and
possibly die.
Are you looking to this drunken spirit or are
you looking to the Spirit of God? Are you seeking
the manifestations of flesh, or the
manifestations of the fruits of the Spirit? The
fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace,
gentleness, goodness, patience, kindness,
faithfulness, and self-control. Do you see these
in this "Holy Ghost party"? Or do you
see the flesh manifested?
Does this "party" glorify God, or man?
Has "I" grown to become
"Idol?" Many people have placed
themselves above God in these teachings. We are
not to be commanding God, but God commanding us.
We are not to name it and claim it! We are to
pray as Jesus taught us, "Thy will be done
on earth as it is in Heaven." Sometimes what
we want is not what God wants. It is not our
place as the clay pot to question the Potter, but
to just say thy will be done Master. NOT my will
be done and you just go along with me. God
created YOU… you did NOT create God. If you
have God in the wrong order of things in your
life, you are looking at falling and possibly
dying spiritually.
We are already prosperous in God. Maybe not
physically as so many people want, but in the
spiritual as God desires. Are you trying to serve
two masters? Does money mean so much to you?
Notice when Jesus prayed it was "give us
today our daily bread" and not "give me
lots of money so I do not have to worry about
tomorrow." For if you do not have enough
then you
struggle with that worry, but if you have too
much, then it controls your life. Look at the
rich young ruler. So Jesus prayed "give us
today our daily bread." So instead of
praying as so many are "more Lord" we
should pray as Agur prayed in Proverbs 30:7-9
"Two things I ask of you, oh Lord; do not
refuse me before I die: Keep falsehood and lies
far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise I may
have too much and disown you and say 'who is the
Lord' or I may become poor and steal and so
dishonor the name of my God." God loves a
contrite (humble) heart, for that is a usable
heart to His glory. Again I restate, when we
truly accept Jesus as Lord and Savior become a
child of the most high God, how much richer can
you be?
Jesus came to save the world, that none should
perish, not that we should have a party time.
That party time is being saved for when we all
get to Heaven and are together for eternity with
God. The Holy Spirit's job in the trinity is to
comfort, and to draw people unto God to God's
glory. Not to make people so drunk they cannot
function normally. How does someone being so
drunk they cannot stand or talk or anything but
laugh and stagger, or even howl as an animal
glorify God? Does this speak well of our God or
does it make Him seem the fool, no better than
the drunks you see coming from bars, or on
television. Is this truly the kind of God you
desire in your life? How long does that
"Holy Ghost high" last? The true peace
and joy of God lasts forever. In Nehemiah 8:10 it
states that the joy of the Lord is our strength.
(These people at that time stood for over 6 hours
while the Word of God was spoken. (I saw a
"minister" so taken with this
"holy laughter" that they could not
even speak the word of God.) When Ezra read the
word of God he stood on a raised platform, as the
word of God was so important to these people.
After he was done reading of the Word of God they
all bowed to the ground and worshipped God. These
people knew the joy of the Lord. When we get to
heaven that will be the joy of all God's children
to bow and worship at the throne of God our
Father.)
Sisters and brothers hear me, for God is
growing weary of the mockery, He is weary of our
seeking our ways. God's wrath is growing each
day. And as a father disciplines his child, so
God will and is going to discipline His children.
God's wrath is building, and will strike first
against His own church, for we are to be
perfected and pure before Him.
Seek discernment in all you hear, and back it
up with God's word personally, not just trusting
what someone else may tell you. (Not even me.) We
are supposed to be the example to the world, not
the world to us. Living in this world but NOT of
it. We are to be clean and ready for the
Bridegroom. We are to be pure and holy. Jesus'
cloak of righteousness wrapped around us covering
our own righteousness for ours is as rags. Stand
firm in Jesus. He is that Rock we are to be
building on.
Father God in His supreme love sent His one
and only Son to save this world. To make a way
for us sinners to come to Him. To make a way of
cleansing so we could enter into the holy of
holies and stand before the throne of God
cleansed of all unrighteousness.
Jesus came and lived as one of us. He knows
the feelings we have, the joy, the pain, the
sadness, the rejoicing. He came and suffered the
humiliation of being betrayed by a friend, mocked
by family (His own brothers,) and finally beaten
and hung to die on the cross like any old
criminal by those He came to save. Many do not
know the suffering He did for us. When they beat
Him, it was not just little scratches. The whip
they used tore into His body, into His muscles,
into his ribs, tearing His flesh to ribbons. Many
men would have (and had) died just from the
beating. When He hung upon that cross He took ALL
the sins of this world, yours and mine, upon
Himself. He became so filthy in our rags that God
could not even look upon Him. Then with His
death, He became the last supreme sacrifice; He
made the way for us to be cleansed, through the
blood of Jesus Christ. No more would we have to
offer up animals in sacrifice, for Jesus was the
most perfect sacrifice there ever was. When He
rose again on that third morning, He conquered
more than physical death, but made it so we do
not have to die spiritually. The wages of sin is
still death, but the gift of God is eternal life.
Then He was taken up to Heaven and He sent us the
Holy Spirit. Jesus now sits at the right hand of
God the Father where He belongs.
The Holy Spirit came after Jesus had risen to
Heaven, not to replace Him, but to strengthen His
followers, and to comfort them by reminding them
of Jesus' words. The Holy Spirit is only to
glorify Jesus not Himself. The Holy Spirit came
upon those in the upper room, but He did not make
them laugh, or stagger around uncontrollably, or
throw them against walls, or give them spasms,
instead He gave them a new language, and a new
boldness. This was to the glory of God and Jesus.
For those that received this new tongue spoke in
the languages of those around them spreading the
gospel. (As with any crowd there were the
mockers, the ones who accused those in the upper
room of "having too much wine.")
Finally, Peter, (the one that had denied Jesus
and even swore with an oath declaring his not
being a follower of Jesus,) now spoke out with
boldness declaring the gospel of Jesus Christ. He
was no longer ashamed, or afraid. The Holy Spirit
gave Him the confidence, and the words to speak.
Yes, the Holy Spirit did empower them, but you
will notice it was NOT the Holy Spirit's gospel
they went around preaching. They went preaching
the gospel of Jesus Christ. It was NOT just the
Holy Spirit they taught. It was always first and
foremost the redeeming salvation of Jesus Christ.
Jesus called the Holy Spirit, "a new
counselor, the Spirit of Truth." (Nowhere do
you find the Holy Spirit exalting Himself, only
Jesus.)
So brothers and sisters, I am speaking this
warning as God told me to do, in accordance with
His will. I pray that you take it to heart and
ask God to show you in it what you are to learn,
I know I did learn things.
Sincerely in the love of Jesus Christ,
Peggy Day
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God In The News!
By Don and Tiana David, Sarah David
Editorial in The Daily Camera
Boulder, Colorado
ACCIDENT
A rock saved our son's life
Wednesday, Sept. 9, our son and three of his
friends were involved in a roll- over car
accident that landed them upside down in Boulder
Creek. Our son was thrown from the car and landed
in the creek face up, wedged between the car and
a rock. This rock had an indentation in it that
cradled Paul and held him partially out of the
water, so he could hold up his head and keep from
drowning. The rock came up on either side of him
and kept the car from crushing him. Had he landed
in any other way, he probably would have died or
been severely injured.
...We believe that God had His hand on our son
and placed him on that rock to save him. In the
Psalms, we read, "For in the day of trouble
He will...lift me up on a rock. To Thee, O Lord,
I call. My rock, do not be deaf to me. Incline
Thine ear to me; rescue me quickly. Be Thou to me
a rock of strength, a stronghold to save me. For
Thou art my rock and my fortress." A rock
saved our son's life, and the rock is God.
Don and Tiana David
Sarah David
Boulder __________________________________________________________________
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cultural backgrounds, as well as their families,
for fellowship, support, laughter and prayer. Isa
51:1-2 / Isa 54:2-3 / Heb 10:24-25
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