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April 6, 2019
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March 29, 2019
Blue Lake Christian Writers Retreat
March 20, 2019
My Favorite Artisan Bread Recipe
This no-knead bread is perfect for busy moms and those who live without more than 10-15 minute chunks of time at any given moment.
Four ingredients: water, flour, yeast, and salt.
Mix then come back to it somewhere between 8 hours and 18 hours. Oh yeah. Love that part.
Dump. Stir. Place in pot. Bake two hours later. SO GOOD!
Artisan Bread Recipe
3 cups (15 oz.)
unbleached all-purpose flour
¼
tsp.
instant or rapid rise yeast (I use SAF yeast)
1 ½
tsp.
table salt (I use Real Salt)
1 ½ cups water
at room temperature
Instructions:
Whisk flour, yeast, and salt together in a large bowl
(Batter Bowl works great). If you are adding dry herbs or spices,
add them at this time.Add water.Fold mixture, scraping up the dry flour from the bottom
of the bowl until shaggy ball forms.Cover mixture with plastic wrap (if not using Batter
Bowl) and let sit at room temperature for 8 to 18 hours.Lay a sheet of parchment paper inside a pie plate or
Deep Covered Baker.Transfer dough to lightly floured surface and “knead”
10-15 times (the dough is sticky. I spray my fingers with Pam before
starting this). The kneading I do is more a lifting of one side
toward the other a few times to remove large air bubbles from the dough
and to give the bread a more uniform look. If you are adding nuts,
dried fruit, cheese, chocolate or other bulky ingredients, fold them in
now.Shape dough into a ball by pulling edges into the
middle.Transfer dough, seam side down to pie plate or Deep
Covered Baker [DCB}and cover (Use plastic wrap, sprayed with Pam, if not
using Deep Covered Baker).Let rise until doubled in size, about 2 hours. If
you are not going to bake it in 2 hours, you can put it in the fridge—but
then you need to let it rise for about 3 hours on the counter before
baking. I always make sure to time it so I can bake it 2-2 ½ hours later.If you’re not in too much of a hurry, use a sharp knife
or cooking shears to make a 6-inch wide slit along the top of the
dough. This will give a nice appearance to the finished bread. You
can skip this step and the bread still tastes delicious.If using the DCB, place in oven with lid on. Otherwise,
pick up the dough by the parchment paper and lower into bread pan or
baking dish (the parchment paper goes into the pot, too). Use a dish with
sides as the dough is still not firm.Bake for 30 minutes at 425, remove lid and continue to
bake until loaf is deep brown, about 10 to 15 minutes longer. If the
crust gets too dark, loosely place a sheet of aluminum foil over it.Carefully remove bread from pot and transfer to a wire
rack and cool to room temperature.TIP: MAKE THE INGREDIENTS IN THE CLASSIC BATTER BOWL
THE NIGHT BEFORE. Then when you awake in the morning, proceed with
steps 5-13.
Variations: (Be creative and try
your own!)
½ cup dried cranberries and ½ cup toasted pecans or walnuts, ½ cup white chocolate chips. My favorite. ½ cup toasted walnuts and ½ cup white or semisweet chocolate pieces, ½ cup chopped apricots1 ½ tsp-1 ½ Tbsp Dill Mix and 1 ½ tsp-1 ½ Tbsp. dried onion1 ½ tsp-1 ½ Tbsp Italian Seasoning Mix and 1 Tbsp chopped fresh basil1 ½ tsp-1 ½ Tbsp Rosemary Herb Seasoning Mix and 1 ½ tsp-1 ½ Tbsp dried or fresh chopped garlic (use less if dried)1 tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp nutmeg4 oz. (2 cups) finely grated fresh parmesan cheese or Asiago cheese (or your favorite combo of cheese), 1 Tbsp fresh rosemary and ½ cup chopped green olives (pitted)Italian bread: 1 cup each grated swiss and Parmesan cheese, 1 Tbsp. oregano, 1 Tbsp. basil, 1 tsp. garlic powder. My 2- and 4-year-old grandsons love this one!
Rye Bread option
2 Tbsp. caraway seeds
1 5/8 cups unbleached all-purpose
flour
1 1/8 cups rye flour
Whole Wheat BreadW
2 Tbsp. honey
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup wheat flour
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Letting Go – Lessons in the First 30 Days
Part 1
It seems I’m to learn about letting go. You know how the universe sends you what you need? Whether you like it or not? Whether you asked or not?
I’m learning to let go.
Lessons started late last summer. Someone who bullied my husband and I for over a year got physical. He tried to start a fight but my husband wasn’t buying in. The physical line was crossed, however, and our concern for our safety soon outweighed our pleasure at living on the water near this child of God who was acting like a child.
Letting Go of the View.
I didn’t want to move. Neither of us did. But the fatigue of watching each other’s backs and wondering when the next incident with this child of God would occur made our decision definitive. We had to move. We couldn’t continue to live like this.
I mourned the loss of our perfect home. For fifteen years, we watched mullets jump and osprey fight for their territory against the local eagles over the water. When fishing tournaments launched, we sat with drinks in our hands and counted over 100 boats inch their way out of the marina. On foggy mornings or sunny afternoons, we’d see tug boats glide by way across near the opposite shore.
Trusting that God would provide us something equally nice, I had to let go of the hope that we’d find a home on the water again. Hurricane Michael had just devasted the area 40 miles away. It seemed any waterfront properties that had been available had been pulled to be offered as rentals to the newly homeless.
We found a home. It had a small lake in the back – more like a pond – but we had a waterview and the bay was very near. We could kayak to it from our yard. And it was a beautiful home, much nicer that the one we left.
Learning to Let Go of the Stuff
Our charitable tax deductions grew last year from all the belongings we pulled from cabinets and closets and the garage. Goodbye stuff.
“You’re off to a good start,” said the realtor. We had more work to do, apparently, to stage the place. More ideas, attitudes, and items to release. It’s fascinating to watch how hard you hold onto stuff. A few months later, we had to let go of the lovely beach tone walls we had painted four years ago in order to paint everything a neutral color – something called greige, a mix of grey and beige that’s on trend for the moment.
On vacation, we had to let go of our fear that my husband’s condition would worsen before we’d return to the states and have his double hernia repaired. We let go of our desires to explore sites further since we were travelling with a group. and our desire for more sleep when the tour guide declared the departure time of 8:00 a.m.
After returning to the states, I had to let go of more sleep when I decided that I should drive five hours to our daughter’s home. She was nine months pregnant with pneumonia and two boys under five years old. She’d never get rest to heal without some help. I’d suffer from jet lag no matter where I slept.
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Countless letting go moments ensued over the next month before and after it came time for 
the baby to be born. At the indoor gymnasium, our grandsons jumped into deep foam pits. One came out without his socks. I made a move to try and find them. “Let them go, Mom,” my daughter coaxed.
It’s hard letting go. I’m still working on letting go of the desire to retaliate against the child of God acting like a child.
(Learning to Let Go…to be continued in Part 2)
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September 29, 2018
Intuition or a nudge from God? How do we know the difference?
Some people call it intuition. Granted, we all have that to a greater or lesser degree. Have you ever wondered though, if something else was at work when you had a particular thought? As if some part of you was responding to … something or Someone?
Do you have an itch to know if your hunch is just a hunch or perhaps, just perhaps, could it be a nudge from God? How do you tell the difference? You might want to have a listen to this podcast from The Doug Dahlgren Show on Artist First Radio to hear how I answered this and other interesting questions about growing up and what I believe and why I know there’s a heaven.
http://media.artistfirst.com/ArtistFirst_Doug_Dahlgren_2018-09-28_Chris_Manion.mp3
A few excerpts:CM: “That’s why ‘patient’ got into the title… He slowly taught me this very personal job of writing about something He wants all of us to have: a relationship with Him, a good friendship with Him.”
DD: “Religion’s a very personal issue with many folks. Do you feel your book is based upon your Catholic upbringing and the beliefs that come from that or is it really open to other religions or people who have, or believe they have, a more direct relationship with God?”
CM: “I tried to stay as far away from my Catholic faith as I possibly could … Who am I to say how God draws us to Himself?”
Direct Sales
I loved the following question from Doug. It allowed me to share an insight that direct sales gave me about what a tough time God has with us sometimes.
DD: “Direct sales offers quite a number of perks that other businesses don’t. You make your own schedule … how did that affect you in the way that you saw your responsibilities?”
Ordinary Moments
“You don’t know how many times I wanted to cut out the story about the butterfly. I didn’t think anybody would believe it.”
God’s Patient Pursuit of My Soul
Click HERE to learn more about the book discussed in this podcast. Nicki Keohohou, CEO and co-founder of the Direct Selling World Alliance (DSWA) recommends this book “to all direct sellers.”
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September 20, 2018
If he could ask me 1 question
on Sept. 28, 2018 at 11am ET.
If there was only one question you had time to listen to, what would you want him to ask me?
September 15, 2018
Book Giveaway!
Bringing home new books to read, often free, is one of the bonuses of attending writer’s conferences. At the Catholic Writers Conference Online, a fiction author shared her book giveaway. I thought you might like to join it and maybe
win a free book.
Playing by Heart by Carmelo A. Martino is a finalist in the Young Adult Category of the 2018 American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) Carol Awards and the winner of the 2018 Catholic Arts and Letters Award (CALA) for children’s/YA fiction.
Here’s the link to join the giveaway. http://www.carmelamartino.com/blog/posts/12330
Click here to read more about my award-winning book God’s Patient Pursuit of My Soul. Read the first two chapters here.
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September 8, 2018
Refusing to Ask for Help May Please the Devil
Help! her spirit whispered inside her. She needed help but hesitated to ask for it.
One of my writer friends found herself stuck recently with a deadline looming. Amy, a friend of hers, possessed skills that could help her, but she hesitated to ask. Amy had so much on her plate lately.
After struggling on her own and failing to resolve her writing dilemma, my friend finally gave in and called Amy.
“Thank goodness you called,” Amy replied. I’ve been up to my ears in personal issues and I prayed for distractions to get my mind off them. Your call is an answer to my prayer. Ask away. I’m so glad you need my help.”
What a lovely and holy twist God gave these circumstances. Instead of being a bother, my friend’s need provided the very distraction for which Amy prayed. We don’t often pray for distractions. We usually pray for relief from them, right?
Pleasing the Devil
Who benefits when we hesitate or refuse to ask for help? You’ll discover to your chagrin that the devil may be pleased by your hesitation. When you do not ask for help, you remain isolated in your own thoughts and fears. God designed each part of the Body of Christ to work together with the other parts. When one part isolates itself from the others, the Body slows as if hobbled.
The devil prowls the world seeking the ruin of souls. When you isolate yourself from the help of others, he rubs his hands in delight. In order to capture and devour prey, animals and fallen angels first must isolate their victims. By not asking for help, you walk into the devil’s isolation trap.
What light shines in our darkness when we do ask for help. Granted, a few attempts may be necessary before we find the help we need. How amazed we are when we follow a persistent or intuitive thought and discover a rich result. 
Why this surprises us over and over again makes me scratch my head and wonder. We say we trust that God will answer our prayers and direct our paths. When He actually does so, we act dumbfounded. We act like Sally Fields getting her Oscar. Instead of saying, “You like me! You really like me,” we find ourselves talking internally to God when He comes to our aid, “You helped me. You really helped me!”
In shock, we often relay the story to others of how God helped us. How little belief we often find beneath our profession of faith in God. If we truly believed what we say we believe, we’d pray a simple “Thank you” when a prayer gets answered. Instead, we find ourselves telling friends and family the astonishing news that something positive happened when we followed the Holy Spirit’s prompting. Like it’s an anomaly or something.
In this little story, one person needed a distraction and prayed for one. Another person needed a friend’s help and asked for it. God knows everything, sees everything. He delights in matching our needs with another’s. My friend’s dilemma reminded me to let go of pride or the fear of bothering others when I need help. By seeking help, I may be answering another person’s prayer for a distracting diversion. Who knows?
God uses everything.
Our very needs answer others’ prayers, often without our knowing it.
“Fear is useless,” Jesus told Jairus when news reached them that his twelve-year-old daughter had died. Useless, too, is a reluctance to ask for help. Jesus brought Jairus’ daughter back to life because he asked for help. Being afraid he was too late in asking proved useless. Our fears holding us back from asking for help are just as useless.
Ask and you shall receive. Seek and you shall find.
Matthew 7:7
God designed us to work together as the Body of Christ. Eyes cannot do what the heart does. Hearts cannot see. Each of us has a particular work to do in and for the Body of Christ. Let us be vigilant and attentive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit, however humble or odd they might seem, so we do not allow the devil to veer us off the path on which God placed us. Seeking, questioning, and asking God are applications of faith Faithful people resist the temptation to succumb to the pressure of fear.
When you are being pursued by the devil, or you are depressed, or things aren’t going right for you, mentally picture thus painting of Jesus’ divine mercy, and repeat over and over again – “Jesus, I trust in YOU!” The more you say it–the more you really mean it–the better things will get. The red rays coming from the Sacred Heart of Jesus symbolize the saving power of His blood. The white rays represent the saving waters of Baptism. The trust we are called to is not naive trust. This trust keeps the channel of our heart open to Jesus’ living water. Close down that trust, hold back asking for help when you need it, and you risk pleasing the devil, not God.
For more on pinpointing your stumbling blocks to asking and for simple techniques to overcome them, read Jack Canfield’s The Aladdin Factor, available in paperback, Kindle or audiobook.
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August 1, 2018
Seek Him, You Will Find Him: Promises from the Bible
“But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. -Deuteronomy 4:29 NKJV
“When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek.” -Psalms 27:8 NKJV
“I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me. {18} Riches and honor are with me, Enduring riches and righteousness. {19} My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, And my revenue than choice silver.” -Proverbs 8:17-19 NKJV
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. {12} Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. {13} And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.” -Jeremiah 29:11-13 NKJV
“Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the LORD! {11} Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face evermore! -1 Chronicles 16:10-11 NKJV
Seek God with an open mind and open heart
“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever. -1 Chronicles 28:9 NKJV
“When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land or send pestilence among My people, {14} “if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” -2 Chronicles 7:13-14 NKJV
“Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded. {2} And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. {3} “For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law; {4} “but when in their trouble they turned to the LORD God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.” -2 Chronicles 15:1-4 NKJV
He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper.” -2 Chronicles 26:5 NKJV
For I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.” {23} So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer. -Ezra 8:22-23 NKJV
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble. {10} And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.”-Psalm 9:9-10 NKJV
The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.”-Psalm 14:2 NKJV
Good and upright is the LORD; Therefore He teaches sinners in the way. {9} The humble He guides in justice, And the humble He teaches His way. {10} All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies. {11} For Your name’s sake, O LORD, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great. {12} Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall He teach in the way He chooses. {13} He himself shall dwell in prosperity, And his descendants shall inherit the earth. {14} The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant. {15} My eyes are ever toward the LORD, For He shall pluck my feet out of the net. {16} Turn Yourself to me, and have mercy on me, For I am desolate and afflicted. {17} The troubles of my heart have enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses! {18} Look on my affliction and my pain, And forgive all my sins.” -Psalm 25:8-18 NKJV
Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war should rise against me, In this I will be confident. {4} One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple. {5} For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.” -Psalm 27:3-5 NKJV
“I would have lost heart unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. {14} Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!” -Psalm 27:13-14 NKJV
“Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield. {21} For our heart shall rejoice in Him, Because we have trusted in His holy name. “-Psalm 33:20-21 NKJV
“Oh, magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together. {4} I sought the LORD, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears. {5} They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed. {6} This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. {7} The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them. {8} Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! {9} Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him.” -Psalms 34:3-9 NKJV
“I waited patiently for the LORD, And He inclined to me, And heard my cry.” -Psalm 40:1 NKJV
“O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. {2} So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. {3} Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. {4} Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. {5} My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips. {6} When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches. {7} Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice. {8} My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.” -Psalm 63:1-8 NKJV
“The humble shall see this and be glad; And you who seek God, your hearts shall live. {33} For the LORD hears the poor, And does not despise His prisoners.” -Psalm 69:32-33 NKJV
“I cried out to God with my voice; To God with my voice; And He gave ear to me.” -Psalm 77:1 NKJV
“The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. {19} He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them. {20} The LORD preserves all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy.” -Psalm 145:18-20 NKJV
“Yes, if you cry 
out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, {4} If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures; {5} Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.{6} For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding…” -Proverbs 2:3-6 NKJV
“Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the LORD understand all.” -Proverbs 28:5 NKJV
“Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.” -Isaiah 55:7 NKJV
“This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. {22} Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. {23} They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. {24} “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!” {25} The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. {26} It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the LORD.” -Lamentations 3:21-26 NKJV
“Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.” -Hosea 10:12 NKJV
“Now, therefore,” says the LORD, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” {13} So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.” -Joel 2:12-13 NKJV
“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ {32} “For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. {33} “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” -Matthew 6:31-33 NKJV
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!” -Matthew 7:7-12
“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. {10} “For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. {11} “If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? {12} “Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? {13} “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” -Luke 11:9-13 NKJV
“God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. {25} “Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. {26} “And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, {27} “so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; {28} “for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’” -Acts 17:24-28 NKJV
“For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.” -Romans 10:13 NKJV
“But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” -Hebrews 11:6 NKJV
“But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” {7} Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. {8} Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” -James 4:6-8 NKJV
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. {21} “To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. {22} “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”‘ -Revelation 3:20-22 NKJV
“Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” {6} And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. {7} “He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.” -Revelation 21:5-7 NKJV
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