Pay Up!

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  “Everything we do has a toll attached to it. Waiting around is a tax on traveling. Rumors and gossip are the taxes that come from acquiring a public persona. Disagreements and occasional frustration are taxes placed on even the happiest of relationships. Theft is a tax on abundance and having things that other people want. Stress and problems are tariffs that come attached to success. And on and on and on. There are many forms of taxes in life. You can argue with them, you can go to great—but ultimately futile—lengths to evade them, or you can simply pay them and enjoy the fruits of what you get to keep.” (Ryan Holiday)

25 Amazing Facts about God's Word

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Dr. Larry Dixon, Professor of Systematic Theology in the Seminary and School of Missions of Columbia International University is quoted as saying, "A Bible shut tight is but a block of paper." Consider a few wonderful facts concerning God's Word:

1. Keeps man alive (Deut 8:3)
2. Is close enough to obey (Deut 30:14)
3. Is always right (Ps 33:4)
4. The heavens were made by it (Ps 33:6)
5. Obeyed by angels (Ps 103:20)
6. Sent by God, through which He heals and delivers (Ps 107:20)
7. Provides purity (Ps 119:9)
8. Settled in heaven (Ps 119:89)
9. A lamp and a light (Ps 119:105)
10. Is true (Ps 119:160)
11. Magnifies God (Ps 138:2)
12. Moves quickly (Ps 147:15)
13. Tested, proved (Prov 30:5)
14. Does not return "empty-handed", but accomplishes what it was sent out to do (Isa 55:11)
15. Like dynamite! (Jer 23:29)
16. It happens [update your bumper sticker with this one!] (Ezek 12:25)
17. Was made flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14)
18. Sword of the Spirit (Eph 6:17)
19. Cannot be imprisoned, bound (2 Tim 2:9)
20. Quick (Heb 4:12)
21. Powerful (Heb 4:12)
22. Sharper than a two-edged sword, even able to divide between soul and spirit (Heb 4:12)
23. Discerner of the thoughts and intentions of the heart (Heb 4:12)
24. World-framer (Heb 11:3)
25. Lives forever (1 Peter 1:23)

(Suggested by Meredith's Book of Bible Lists.)

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