Song for today: Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus and One ThingThat I Desire

Today’s country: Republic of Zambia

When my spirit faints within me,
you know my way!
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I cry to you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living.”
Attend to my cry,
for I am brought very low!
Deliver me from my persecutors,
for they are too strong for me!
Bring me out of prison,
that I may give thanks to your name!
The righteous will surround me,
for you will deal bountifully with me.
from Psalm 142

This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
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as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
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You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
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if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
from John 5