Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not;

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1 Corinthians 13:4-5 King James Version

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

“Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when he has within him such thoughts that by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquility; and I affirm that tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind.”

Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected:

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1 John 2:5 King James Version

5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

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“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.”

 Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

He restoreth my soul:

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Psalm 23:2-3 King James Version

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

“The clock of life is wound but once,
And no man has the power
To tell just when the hands will stop
At late or early hour.

To lose one’s wealth is sad indeed,
To lose one’s health is more,
To lose one’s soul is such a loss
That no man can restore.

The present only is our own,
So live, love, toil with a will,
Place no faith in “Tomorrow,”
For the Clock may then be still.”

Robert H. Smith

Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.

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Psalm 25:4-5 King James Version

4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

“11 Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, [a]the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].”

                                                                                                                                                  Faith is strengthened with the blessing when you see the answer hoped and prayed for with your natural eyes.

Reference Hebrews 11:1 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness,

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2 Corinthians 4:6 King James Version

6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.
Reference Romans 3:21 King James Version Public Domain

O come, let us worship

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Psalm 95:6-7 King James Version

6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

16 Therefore we do not become discouraged (utterly spiritless, exhausted, and wearied out through fear). Though our outer man is [progressively] decaying and wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively] renewed day after day.
17 For our light, momentary affliction (this slight distress of the passing hour) is ever more and more abundantly preparing and producing and achieving for us an everlasting weight of glory [beyond all measure, excessively surpassing all comparisons and all calculations, a vast and transcendent glory and blessedness never to cease!],
18 Since we consider and look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible are deathless and everlasting.
2 Corinthians 4 Amplified Bible Public Domain

O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

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Isaiah 64:4 King James Version

4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
and cast a wishful eye
to Canaan’s fair and happy land,
where my possessions lie.

Refrain:
I am bound for the promised land,
I am bound for the promised land;
oh, who will come and go with me?
I am bound for the promised land.

―Lyrics On Jordan’s Stormy Banks, Author: Samuel Stennett (1787)

 

honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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1 Timothy 1:17 King James Version

17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

The hope of every Christian upon entering the Gates:

Well done, thou good and faithful servant…”

From Matthew 25:20-22 King James Version Public Domain