| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
ACT 24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him
have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to
minister or come unto him.
ACT 24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife
Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning
the faith in Christ.
ACT 24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment
to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I
have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
ACT 24:26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
JDG 9:27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their
vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house
of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
JDG 9:28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is
Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and
Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why
should we serve him?
JDG 9:29 And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I
remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and
come out.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the
tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
LAM 2:5 The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath
swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and
hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
LAM 2:6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were
of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath
caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath
despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
LAM 2:7 The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his
sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her
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