PSALMS
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Psalms 79: 1 – 5, & 8 – 13 and Psalms 80
Psalms 79
Those who persist in ignorance of GOD, and neglect of prayer, are the ungodly. How unrighteous- ever men were, the LORD was righteous in permitting them to do what they did.

Deliverances from trouble are mercies indeed, when grounded upon the pardon of sin; we should therefore be more earnest in prayer for the removal of our sins than for the removal of afflictions. They had no hopes but from GOD’s mercies, HIS tender mercies. They plead no merit, they pretend to none, but Help us for the
glory of THY name; pardon us for THY name’s sake.

The Christian forgets not that he is often bound in the chain of his sins. The world to him is a prison; sentence of death is passed upon him, and he knows not how soon it may be executed. How fervently should he at all times pray, O let the sighing of a prisoner come before thee, according to the greatness of THY power preserve thou those that are appointed to die! How glorious will the day be, when, triumphant over sin and sorrow, the church beholds the adversary disarmed forever! While that church shall, from age to age, sing the praises of her great SHEPHERD and BISHOP, her KING and her GOD.​

OLD TESTAMENT
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Numbers 21: 10 – 26
Numbers 21: 23
And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border, because he could not trust them, and confide in the promises they made, and thought it not safe to let such a body of people into any part of his dominions as in Judges 11:20 and another reason being because his heart was hardened by the LORD, that he might be delivered into the hands of Israel, as was determined in Deuteronomy 2:30.

NEW TESTAMENT
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1 Peter 1: 13 – 25
1 Peter 1: 16
Be ye Holy…
GOD is holy, and what is true of GOD must be true of His people. Holiness carries the thought of being separated from the ungodly ways of the world and set apart for love, for service and for worship of GOD.

Holiness is the goal and purpose of our election in CHRIST, it means trying have the characteristics of GOD, being dedicated to HIM and living to please HIM.