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Quote your teachings from the Bible here , laoda99

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lazy to find , so I use the front verse from a Bible website

“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” 2 Timothy 2:22

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St Francis of Assisi Sermons to the Bird

Sermon to the Birds, Francis of Assisi, about 1220

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My little sisters, the birds, much bounden are ye unto God, your Creator, and always in every place ought ye to praise Him, for that He hath given you liberty to fly about everywhere, and hath also given you double and triple rainment; moreover He preserved your seed in the ark of Noah, that your race might not perish out of the world; still more are ye beholden to Him for the element of the air which He hath appointed for you; beyond all this, ye sow not, neither do you reap; and God feedeth you, and giveth you the streams and fountains for your drink; the mountains and valleys for your refuge and the high trees whereon to make your nests; and because ye know not how to spin or sow, God clotheth you, you and your children; wherefore your Creator loveth you much, seeing that He hath bestowed on you so many benefits; and therefore, my little sisters, beware of the sin of ingratitude, and study always to give praises unto God.

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July 04, Morning

Daily Light
Leaning on Jesus' bosom.

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you. They brought young children to him, that he should touch them. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. A high Priest ... touched with the feeling of our infirmities. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them.
I will not leave you comfortless: (margin: orphans) I will come to you. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
The Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

John 13:23. Isa. 66:13. Mark 10:13,16. Matt. 15:32. Heb. 4:15. Isa. 63:9. John 14:18. Isa. 49:15. Rev. 7:17.

July 04, Evening

Daily Light
Jesus Christ the righteous: the propitiation for our sins.

Toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat.
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But
there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins.

1 John 2:1,2. Exo. 25:20-22. Ps. 85:9,10. Ps. 130:3,4,7,8. Rom. 3:23-25.