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<\/a><\/p>\nJesus said to him,\u00a0\u201cAway from me, Satan! For it is written: \u2018Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.\u2019 <\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
Matthew 4:10<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,\u00a0so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God.<\/p>\n
Colossians 1:9-10<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate[a] the Lord\u2019s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.<\/p>\n
2 Corinthians 3:18<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
\nAnd what does the LORD require of you?
\nTo act justly and to love mercy
\nand to walk humbly <\/span>with your God.<\/p>\nMicah 6:8<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.<\/p>\n
Psalms 119:105<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nOmnipresence<\/div>\nafter “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” Exodus 3:5<\/em><\/div>\n
\n<\/em><\/div>\nI walked the other day along a river<\/div>\nAnd watched the ducks and heard<\/div>\nsome hawkings’ cries;<\/div>\nThen suddenly the nearness of my Saviour<\/div>\nBrought tears of joy and wonder to my eyes.<\/div>\nOh, praise the Lord!<\/div>\n“This earth is crammed with heaven!”<\/div>\nOh, praise the Lord!<\/div>\nAnd, Christian, look around!<\/div>\nFor every bush you pass with fire is flaming.<\/div>\nAnd every spot you treat is holy ground.<\/div>\nI stopped the other day to watch a fountain<\/div>\nAnd marvelled at the magic of its grace;<\/div>\nThen suddenly my heart was on a mountain<\/div>\nAnd worshiping Jehovah face to face!<\/div>\nI wept the other day – oh, Christian, hear it!<\/div>\nI wept the other day without control,<\/div>\nBut suddenly the blessed Holy Spirit<\/div>\nSpoke peace again and calmed my needy soul.<\/div>\nOh, praise the Lord!<\/div>\n“This earth is crammed with heaven!”<\/div>\nOh, praise the Lord!<\/div>\nAnd, Christian, look around!<\/div>\nFor every bush you pass with fire is flaming.<\/div>\nAnd every spot you tread is holy ground.<\/div>\nby Anne Ortlund<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n