| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
JOH 21:18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou
girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt
be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee,
and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
JOH 21:19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify
God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
JOH 21:20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus
loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said,
Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
JOH 21:21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye
vow unto the LORD:
DEU 12:12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your
sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants,
and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part
nor inheritance with you.
DEU 12:13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings
in every place that thou seest:
DEU 12:14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy
tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt
do all that I command thee.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: a vow.
ACT 18:19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself
entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
ACT 18:20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he
consented not;
ACT 18:21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this
feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God
will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
ACT 18:22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted
the church, he went down to Antioch.
ACT 18:23 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went
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