The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: GEN 18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is
great, and because their sin is very grievous;
GEN 18:21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether
according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will
know.
GEN 18:22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward
Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
GEN 18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the
righteous with the wicked?
GEN 18:24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt
thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
SA2 20:17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou
Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words
of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
SA2 20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time,
saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the
matter.
SA2 20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel:
thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou
swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
SA2 20:20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
JER 45:1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son
of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of
Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah, saying,
JER 45:2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch:
JER 45:3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief
to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
JER 45:4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold,
that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted
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