I cannot remember who sent me this email, but it is very good! Thanks, somebody!
Pastor John
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Let us be prepared . . . for a visitation from the Lord.
Job 11:13-14 KJV
If thou prepare thine heart and stretch out thine hands toward him, if iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Proverbs 30:24-25 KJV
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer.
Malachi 3:1 KJV
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 40:3 KJV
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
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Let us be prepared . . . to be delivered from our enemies!
1 Samuel 7:3 KJV
[3] And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord , and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
Esther 7:10 KJV
[10] So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
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Let us be prepared . . . to be blessed – even if we live in a time of great darkness and confusion.
2 Chronicles 30:18-19 KJV
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
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Let us be prepared . . . to receive our brothers when they surrender to the one whom God has chosen to be their king!
1 Chronicles 12:38-39 KJV
[38] All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. [39] And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
Ezra 7:10 KJV
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
Isaiah 57:14 KJV
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
Isaiah 62:10 KJV
Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
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Let us make preparations . . . for the service of God.
1 Chronicles 22:5 KJV
And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
1 Chronicles 29:3 KJV
[3] Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
1 Chronicles 29:16-18 KJV
O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own. I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
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2 Timothy 2:20-21 KJV
[20] But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. [21] If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
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2 Chronicles 12:13-14 KJV
[13] So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. [14] And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord .
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2 Chronicles 20:31-33 KJV
[31] And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. [32] And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord . [33] Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
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2 Chronicles 27:6 KJV
[6] So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.
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2 Chronicles 29:36 KJV
[36] And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
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Let us be prepared . . . to be visited.
Luke 1:17 KJV
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
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Let us be, as God is, prepared . . . for Judgment!
Psalm 9:7-8 KJV
[7] But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. [8] And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Isaiah 30:33 KJV
[33] For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord , like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Esther 5:3-4 KJV
[3] Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom. [4] And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
Amos 4:12 KJV
[12] Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
Luke 12:47 KJV
[47] And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself , neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes .
Hebrews 11:7 KJV
[7] By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.