| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: DEU 9:4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath
cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD
hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these
nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
DEU 9:5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine
heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of
these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and
that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
DEU 9:6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not
this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: from Gath.
KI1 2:41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to
Gath, and was come again.
KI1 2:42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him,
Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee,
saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest
abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me,
The word that I have heard is good.
KI1 2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the
commandment that I have charged thee with?
KI1 2:44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
ISA 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth
eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with
him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit
of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
ISA 57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always
wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have
made.
ISA 57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote
him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his
heart.
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