Beginning with the book of Isaiah - which means 'salvation' ...
God's Word for and to Gentiles
The engrafted word is able to save your soul. But be ye
doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own
selves. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and
continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer
of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. Pure
religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To
visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep
himself unspotted from the world.
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There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a
Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the Lord
shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the
spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the
fear of the Lord; And shall make him of quick understanding in
the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of
his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with
righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity
for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the
rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins,
and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard
shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and
the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And
the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down
together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the
sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned
child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be
full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall
stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek:
and his rest shall be glorious.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul
delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth
judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor
cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall
he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall
bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be
discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the
isles shall wait for his law.
Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and
stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that
which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people
upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: I the Lord have
called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will
keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a
light of the Gentiles; To open the blind eyes, to bring out the
prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of
the prison house.
I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give
to another, neither my praise to graven images. Behold, the
former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare:
before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of
the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein;
the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. Let the wilderness and
the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar
doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them
shout from the top of the mountains. Let them give glory unto
the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.
And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be
his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not
gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my
God shall be my strength. And he said, It is a light thing that
thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and
to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a
light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the
end of the earth.
Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy
One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth,
to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also
shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy
One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee,
and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve
thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish
the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; That thou
mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in
darkness, Shew yourselves.
They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in
all high places. They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall
the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall
lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. And
I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be
exalted. Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from
the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into
singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and
will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me
these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a
captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these?
Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to
the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they
shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be
carried upon their shoulders. And kings shall be thy nursing
fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow
down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the
dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for
they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful
captive delivered? But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of
the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible
shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth
with thee, and I will save thy children. And I will feed them
that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken
with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall
know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty
One of Jacob.
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left;
and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate
cities to be inhabited. Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed:
neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame:
for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not
remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. For thy Maker
is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer
the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be
called. For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and
grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused,
saith thy God.
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great
mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from
thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have
mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. For this is as the
waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of
Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I
would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. For the mountains
shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not
depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be
removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted,
behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy
foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of
agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of
pleasant stones. And all thy children shall be taught of the
Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far
from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it
shall not come near thee. Behold, they shall surely gather
together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against
thee shall fall for thy sake.
Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in
the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and
I have created the waster to destroy. No weapon that is formed
against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise
against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the
heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is
of me, saith the Lord.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he
that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine
and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend
money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that
which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye
that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall
live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the
sure mercies of David. Behold, I have given him for a witness to
the people, a leader and commander to the people. Behold, thou
shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew
not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for
the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him
while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the
unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord,
and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways
my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than
your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from
heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and
maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the
sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth
forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it
shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the
thing whereto I sent it.
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace:
the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into
singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of
the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the
Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut
off.
Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my
salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that
layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it,
and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself
to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me
from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry
tree. For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my
sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of
my covenant; Even unto them will I give in mine house and within
my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters:
I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the
Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his
servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it,
and taketh hold of my covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy
mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt
offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar;
for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet
will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto
him.
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the
Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover
the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall
arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the
Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of
thy rising.
Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather
themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from
far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. Then thou
shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be
enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted
unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of
Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall
bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of
the Lord.
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee,
the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up
with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my
glory.
Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their
windows? Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of
Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and
their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to
the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. And the
sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall
minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my
favour have I had mercy on thee. Therefore thy gates shall be
open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men
may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their
kings may be brought. For the nation and kingdom that will not
serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly
wasted.
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the
pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my
sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. The
sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto
thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down
at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of
the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man
went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy
of many generations. Thou shalt also suck the milk of the
Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know
that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One
of Jacob.
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring
silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make
thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. Violence
shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction
within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and
thy gates Praise.
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for
brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord
shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw
itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the
days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit
the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my
hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a
thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten
it in his time.
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath
anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me
to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the
captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of
vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto
them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the
oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the
planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the
former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the
desolations of many generations. And strangers shall stand and
feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen
and your vinedressers.
But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call
you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the
Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they
shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they
shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering;
and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an
everlasting covenant with them. And their seed shall be known
among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all
that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed
which the Lord hath blessed.
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful
in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation,
he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a
bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride
adorneth herself with her jewels. For as the earth bringeth
forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown
in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness
and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's
sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as
brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy
glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of
the Lord shall name.
Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Thou shalt no more be
termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed
Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land
Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be
married.
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry
thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall
thy God rejoice over thee. I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O
Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye
that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, And give him no
rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in
the earth.
The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his
strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for
thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy
wine, for the which thou hast laboured: But they that have
gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have
brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the
people; cast up, cast up the highways; gather out the stones;
lift up a standard for the people. Behold, the Lord hath
proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of
Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with
him, and his work before him. And they shall call them, The holy
people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called,
Sought out, A city not forsaken.
Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; your
brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake,
said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy,
and they shall be ashamed. A voice of noise from the city, a
voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth
recompence to his enemies.
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain
came, she was delivered of a man child. Who hath heard such a
thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to
bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for
as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. Shall
I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the
Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy
God.
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that
love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her
consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the
abundance of her glory.
For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her
like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing
stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and
be dandled upon her knees. As one whom his mother comforteth, so
will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. And
when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall
flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known
toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come,
that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come,
and see my glory. And I will set a sign among them, and I will
send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish,
Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the
isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my
glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto
the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in
litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy
mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel
bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.
And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites,
saith the Lord. For as the new heavens and the new earth, which
I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall
your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that
from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another,
shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of
the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every
place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering:
for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of
hosts.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the
prophet, saying, The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim,
by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them
which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for
the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my
soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall
shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry;
neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised
reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench,
till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall
the Gentiles trust.
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was
Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the
consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it
was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see
death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the
parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the
custom of the law, Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed
God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in
peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy
salvation, Which thou hast prepared before the face of all
people; A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy
people Israel.
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the
Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. And to this
agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, After this I
will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which
is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I
will set it up: That the residue of men might seek after the
Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith
the Lord, who doeth all these things. Known unto God are all his
works from the beginning of the world. Wherefore my sentence is,
that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are
turned to God.
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is
sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. Is he the
God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the
Gentiles also. Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also
received us to the glory of God.
Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the
circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made
unto the fathers: And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his
mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee
among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. And again he saith,
Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the
Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and
he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the
Gentiles trust. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and
peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power
of the Holy Ghost.
It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For
if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual
things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal
things. Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto
whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the
Gentiles.
Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles,
nor to the church of God: For by one Spirit are we all baptized
into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond
or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. That
the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus
Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through
faith.
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in
the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called
the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; That at that time ye
were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of
Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no
hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye
who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken
down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in
his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in
ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so
making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one
body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: And came and
preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were
nigh.
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the
Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners,
but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all
the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in
the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation
of God through the Spirit.
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the
mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in
God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: To the intent that
now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might
be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, According to
the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith
of him.
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is
named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his
glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner
man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye,
being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with
all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and
height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,
that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above
all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in
us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout
all ages, world without end. Amen.
Glimpses of God ® by Joyce C. Lock
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About the Author:
Joyce C. Lock founded and maintains the email ministries
"Heavenly Inspirations"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeavenlyInspirations/ and
"Share a Smile" http://gr