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Psalm 66:16
Come and listen, all who honor God, and I will tell you what he has done for me.
Isaiah 38:9-20
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After Hezekiah recovered from his illness, he wrote this song of praise:
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I thought that in the prime of life I was going to the world of the dead, Never to live out my life.
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I thought that in this world of the living I would never again see the LORD Or any living person.
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My life was cut off and ended, Like a tent that is taken down, Like cloth that is cut from a loom. I thought that God was ending my life.
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All night I cried out with pain, As if a lion were breaking my bones. I thought that God was ending my life.
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My voice was thin and weak, And I moaned like a dove. My eyes grew tired from looking to heaven. LORD, rescue me from all this trouble.
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What can I say? The LORD has done this. My heart is bitter, and I cannot sleep.
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Lord, I will live for you, for you alone; Heal me and let me live.
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My bitterness will turn into peace. You save my life from all danger; You forgive all my sins.
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No one in the world of the dead can praise you; The dead cannot trust in your faithfulness.
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It is the living who praise you, As I praise you now. Parents tell their children how faithful you are.
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LORD, you have healed me. We will play harps and sing your praise, Sing praise in your Temple as long as we live.
Daniel 4:1-3
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King Nebuchadnezzar sent the following message to the people of all nations, races, and languages in the world: "Greetings!
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Listen to my account of the wonders and miracles which the Supreme God has shown me.
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"How great are the wonders God shows us! How powerful are the miracles he performs! God is king forever; he will rule for all time.
Daniel 4:37-3
Daniel 6:25-27
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Then King Darius wrote to the people of all nations, races, and languages on earth: "Greetings!
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I command that throughout my empire everyone should fear and respect Daniel's God. "He is a living God, and he will rule forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed, and his power will never come to an end.
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He saves and rescues; he performs wonders and miracles in heaven and on earth. He saved Daniel from being killed by the lions."
Jonah 2:1-10
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From deep inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God:
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"In my distress, O LORD, I called to you, and you answered me. From deep in the world of the dead I cried for help, and you heard me.
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You threw me down into the depths, to the very bottom of the sea, where the waters were all around me, and all your mighty waves rolled over me.
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I thought I had been banished from your presence and would never see your holy Temple again.
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The water came over me and choked me; the sea covered me completely, and seaweed wrapped around my head.
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I went down to the very roots of the mountains, into the land whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O LORD my God, brought me back from the depths alive.
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When I felt my life slipping away, then, O LORD, I prayed to you, and in your holy Temple you heard me.
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Those who worship worthless idols have abandoned their loyalty to you.
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But I will sing praises to you; I will offer you a sacrifice and do what I have promised. Salvation comes from the LORD!"
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Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit Jonah up on the beach, and it did.
John 4:29
"Come and see the man who told me everything I have ever done. Could he be the Messiah?"
Acts 22:1-21
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"My fellow Jews, listen to me as I make my defense before you!"
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When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they became even quieter; and Paul went on:
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"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up here in Jerusalem as a student of Gamaliel. I received strict instruction in the Law of our ancestors and was just as dedicated to God as are all of you who are here today.
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I persecuted to the death the people who followed this Way. I arrested men and women and threw them into prison.
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The High Priest and the whole Council can prove that I am telling the truth. I received from them letters written to fellow Jews in Damascus, so I went there to arrest these people and bring them back in chains to Jerusalem to be punished.
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"As I was traveling and coming near Damascus, about midday a bright light from the sky flashed suddenly around me.
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I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?'
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'Who are you, Lord?' I asked. 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute,' he said to me.
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The men with me saw the light, but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
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I asked, 'What shall I do, Lord?' and the Lord said to me, 'Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything that God has determined for you to do.'
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I was blind because of the bright light, and so my companions took me by the hand and led me into Damascus.
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"In that city was a man named Ananias, a religious man who obeyed our Law and was highly respected by all the Jews living there.
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He came to me, stood by me, and said, 'Brother Saul, see again!' At that very moment I saw again and looked at him.
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He said, 'The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see his righteous Servant, and to hear him speaking with his own voice.
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For you will be a witness for him to tell everyone what you have seen and heard.
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And now, why wait any longer? Get up and be baptized and have your sins washed away by praying to him.'
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"I went back to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the Temple, I had a vision,
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in which I saw the Lord, as he said to me, 'Hurry and leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your witness about me.'
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'Lord,' I answered, 'they know very well that I went to the synagogues and arrested and beat those who believe in you.
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And when your witness Stephen was put to death, I myself was there, approving of his murder and taking care of the cloaks of his murderers.'
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'Go,' the Lord said to me, 'for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.' "
Acts 26:4-29
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"All the Jews know how I have lived ever since I was young. They know how I have spent my whole life, at first in my own country and then in Jerusalem.
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They have always known, if they are willing to testify, that from the very first I have lived as a member of the strictest party of our religion, the Pharisees.
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And now I stand here to be tried because of the hope I have in the promise that God made to our ancestors---
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the very thing that the twelve tribes of our people hope to receive, as they worship God day and night. And it is because of this hope, Your Majesty, that I am being accused by these Jews!
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Why do you who are here find it impossible to believe that God raises the dead?
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"I myself thought that I should do everything I could against the cause of Jesus of Nazareth.
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That is what I did in Jerusalem. I received authority from the chief priests and put many of God's people in prison; and when they were sentenced to death, I also voted against them.
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Many times I had them punished in the synagogues and tried to make them deny their faith. I was so furious with them that I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
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"It was for this purpose that I went to Damascus with authority and orders from the chief priests.
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It was on the road at midday, Your Majesty, that I saw a light much brighter than the sun, coming from the sky and shining around me and the men traveling with me.
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All of us fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, 'Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by hitting back, like an ox kicking against its owner's stick.'
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'Who are you, Lord?' I asked. And the Lord answered, 'I am Jesus, whom you persecute.
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But get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant. You are to tell others what you have seen of me today and what I will show you in the future.
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I will rescue you from the people of Israel and from the Gentiles to whom I will send you.
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You are to open their eyes and turn them from the darkness to the light and from the power of Satan to God, so that through their faith in me they will have their sins forgiven and receive their place among God's chosen people.'
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"And so, King Agrippa, I did not disobey the vision I had from heaven.
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First in Damascus and in Jerusalem and then in the whole country of Israel and among the Gentiles, I preached that they must repent of their sins and turn to God and do the things that would show they had repented.
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It was for this reason that these Jews seized me while I was in the Temple, and they tried to kill me.
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But to this very day I have been helped by God, and so I stand here giving my witness to all, to small and great alike. What I say is the very same thing which the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:
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that the Messiah must suffer and be the first one to rise from death, to announce the light of salvation to the Jews and to the Gentiles."
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As Paul defended himself in this way, Festus shouted at him, "You are mad, Paul! Your great learning is driving you mad!"
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Paul answered, "I am not mad, Your Excellency! I am speaking the sober truth.
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King Agrippa! I can speak to you with all boldness, because you know about these things. I am sure that you have taken notice of every one of them, for this thing has not happened hidden away in a corner.
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King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you do!"
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Agrippa said to Paul, "In this short time do you think you will make me a Christian?"
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"Whether a short time or a long time," Paul answered, "my prayer to God is that you and all the rest of you who are listening to me today might become what I am---except, of course, for these chains!"