| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: GEN 41:53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of
Egypt, were ended.
GEN 41:54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as
Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of
Egypt there was bread.
GEN 41:55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried
to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto
Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
GEN 41:56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph
opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine
waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: JER 31:16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and
thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD;
and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
JER 31:17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy
children shall come again to their own border.
JER 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast
chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the
yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
JER 31:19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I
was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even
confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
GEN 50:5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which
I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me.
Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will
come again.
GEN 50:6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he
made thee swear.
GEN 50:7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up
all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders
of the land of Egypt,
GEN 50:8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his
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