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The Good Shepherd Never Punishes the Lost Sheep

“All who have this hope in Him purify themselves, as He is pure.” Perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. Fear is slavery, whether it's the fear of physical death or, far more importantly, the fear of spiritual death. Fear has nothing to do with the One who Knows, the …

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Hope: A Poem for DragonWing

Down the dark'ning halls Of frozen night and colder lightFlies an angel wingedOf tidings true the messenger. Cracks impris'ning ice;A burning day and warmer darkDawns in shadow brightThat brings a death of fairer life. A once-frozen lifeGives way to death as cold as ice –Death can break life's deathTurn living death to dying life. To die, to rise high …

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The Love That Bore the Cross For Me (When Every Step’s an Uphill Battle)

When every step's an uphill battle And every victory's followed by a cliff to climb When the foe stands atop every precipice And I just want to collapse I remember The Love that bore the Cross for me Stands with hands held out The hands that caught me when I fell Sustained me when I …

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