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Dear God
Please take away my pain and despair of yesterday and any unpleasant memories and replace them with Your glorious promise of new hope. Show me a fresh HS-inspired way of relating to negative things that have happened. I ask You for the mind of Christ so I can discern Your voice from the voice of my past. I pray that former rejection and deep hurts will not color what I see and hear now.
Help me to see all the choices I have ahead of me that can alter the direction of my life. I ask You to empower me to let go of the painful events and heartaches that would keep me bound. Thank You for Your forgiveness that You have offered to me at such a great price. Pour it into my heart so I can relinquish bitterness hurts and disappointments that have no place in my life. Please set me free to forgive those who have sinned against me and caused me pain and also myself. Open my heart to receive Your complete forgiveness and amazing grace. You have promised to bind up my wounds Psa 147:3 and restore my soul Psa 23:3 .
Help me to relinquish my past surrender to You my present and move to the future You have prepared for me. I ask You to come into my heart and make me who You would have me to be so that I might do Your will here on earth. I thank You Lord for all that’s happened in my past and for all I have become through those experiences. I pray You will begin to gloriously renew my present.
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Sue Augustine (When Your Past Is Hurting Your Present: Getting Beyond Fears That Hold You Back)
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Próżnoś repliki się spodziewał
Nie dam ci prztyczka ani klapsa.
Nie powiem nawet pies cię jebał,
bo to mezalians byłby dla psa.
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Julian Tuwim
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Okay, wow. Way to slide in a ‘safe driving’ PSA when I’m about to risk my life doing stupid shit.
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Seanan McGuire (The Winter Long (October Daye, #8))
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What’s PSA?” “Prostate test.” “Prostate?” Cooper asked, looking a little miffed. “I hope he bought you dinner first.
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N.R. Walker (Sense of Place (Thomas Elkin, #3))
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I’ve been told by professional drug users that if I did the drugs, I would like the Dead. It seems like the most effective PSA against drugs could just play some Dead jams and say, “If you do drugs, you will like this kind of music.” What other deterrent would one need?
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Penn Jillette (Every Day is an Atheist Holiday!)
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PSA52.8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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Svaka solidarnost ima granice. Ma koliko svog psa voleo, iz solidarnosti s njm čovek ne grize kosti.
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Borislav Pekić (Besnilo)
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PSA30.5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA: If you decide to label a behavior as gaslighting on social or in real-time, be sure you are correct. Because if you are not, you’d be the one gaslighting.
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Richie Norton
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PSA16.11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
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Anonymous (The Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV))
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Jakub myślał przez chwilę.
- Ciapuś! - wrzasnął wreszcie. - Gdzie jesteś, zdechlaku?
- Przecież nie masz psa - zdziwił się morderca.
Dwumetrowy pyton wystrzelił spod łóżka i owinął mu się wokół nóg.
- Co to jest? - zawył.
- Zdziwiony? To jest właśnie Ciapuś. Ciapuś, uduś pana.
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Andrzej Pilipiuk (Kroniki Jakuba Wędrowycza (Kroniki Jakuba Wędrowycza, #1))
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Ponekad prolazim pored malih radnji, recimo u rue de Seine. Trgovci starim stvarima ili mali knjižarski antikvari i prodavci bakroreza, prepunjenih izloga. Niko nikad ne ulazi kod njih, oni očigledno ne prave poslove. Ali kad čovek pogleda unutra, vidi ih kako sede, sede i čitaju, bezbrižni; ne brinu se za sutra, ne strahuju za uspeh, imaju psa koji sedi pred njima, dobro raspoložen, ili mačku, koja tišinu čini još većom idući duž nizova knjiga i prevlačeći dlakom preko njih, kao da briše imena sa hrptova.
Ah, kad bi to bilo dovoljno : želeo bih ponekad da kupim takav prepun izlog i da sa psom sednem iza njega na dvadeset godina.
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Rainer Maria Rilke
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By the way, quick PSA: stalking is only morally tolerated if the guy is cute, which isn’t your case.”
I scoffed. “So, you like to kiss ugly dudes?”
“Yeah, didn’t want to hurt your ego,” she played with her hair and shrugged. “It’s called charity work. Look it up.
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Marie Annilla (Sinful Promises (The Sinful, #1))
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PSA37.1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. PSA37.2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. PSA37.3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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Баща ми байцваше майка ми, подчертаваше рисунъка на годишните й кръгове.
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Michal Viewegh (Báječná léta pod psa)
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Mimo psa je kniha nejlepší přítel člověka. Uvnitř psa je moc velká tma na čtení.
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Laurell K. Hamilton
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PSA119.63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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PSA30.2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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PSA30.11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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PSA23.4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
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Anonymous (The Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV))
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PSA27.14 Wait on the LORD: be
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Anonymous (The Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV))
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PSA72.4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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PSA73.28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
Anonymous (The Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV))
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PSA40.14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
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Anonymous (The Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV))
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PSA9.9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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PSA52.1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA54.4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA51.11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA50.14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: PSA50.15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA62.9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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Ako si se uputio prema cilju, i putem poceo da zastajkujes i kamenjem gadjas svakog psa koja na tebe laje, nikada neces stici na cilj.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Lidské srdce je malé, touží ale po velkých věcech. Nestačí ani zasytit psa, ale celý svět pro něj není dost velký.
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Paul Hoffman (The Last Four Things)
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PSA90.14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA91.14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.—Psa. 63:8
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A.W. Tozer (The Pursuit of God)
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PSA115.14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA130.1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. PSA130.2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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PSA51.12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA81.10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA18.32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA20.9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA68.19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA45.6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA126.1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA131.3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA103.2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA46.1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA103.3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA6.9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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PSA46.10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA12.6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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PSA6.2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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PSA103.8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA49.20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA21.11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA41.11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA102.13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA16.6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA18.44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA19.9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA19.13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA16.8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA19.14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA11.3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA3.8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA12.8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA3.5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA4.8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA119.105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
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Anonymous (The Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV))
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PSA107.1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. PSA107.2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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Psa 119:90 De generación en generación es tu fidelidad; Tú afirmaste la tierra, y subsiste. Psa 119:91 Por tu ordenación subsisten todas las cosas hasta hoy, Pues todas ellas te sirven.
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Anonymous (Biblia Reina Valera: 1960)
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PSA49.16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; PSA49.17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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PSA103.4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; PSA103.5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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Nikad poslije u životu dječaci
nisu bili tako vitki i lijepi. To bi netko trebao reći srednjoškolkama, zašto im to tajiti; ljubite
ih sad, ljubite ih što više, što nježnije, još malo, i imat ćete neke druge oči, a ne te zanesene.
Zanosite se do besvijesti, pod svaku cijenu, to je sve što vrijedi i nikad poslije, ništa što
dolazi poslije, neće to moći zamijeniti. To je ono za čim tragamo, ponoviti taj osjećaj, izazvati
ga, to je ono što nam do kraja nedostaje. Strahovita zaljubljenost u život, platonska i
strastvena, životu usprkos.
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Olja Savičević Ivančević (Nasmijati psa)
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PSA27.1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? PSA27.2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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Adrijene, nemoj da se duriš!
Vrati se!
U redu grešila sam
duge godine nisam se vracala kuci,
ali sam ti uvek krila
da je to zato što sam bila u zatvoru!
Grešila sam priznajem
cesto sam tukla psa,
ali sam te volela!
Adrijene, nemoj da se duriš!
Vrati se!
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Jacques Prévert
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The unregenerate do not really believe in the holiness of God. Their conception of His character is altogether one-sided. They fondly hope that His mercy will override everything else. “Thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself” (Psa 50:21) is God’s charge against them.
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Arthur W. Pink (The Attributes of God)
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They all jumped on me and started beating me. They had me on the floor—eventually my arms and legs were chained. They dragged me by the chains to PSA and stopped only when a nurse asked them to please stop. So they put me on a mattress and dragged the mattress. They took me to the observation room and left me, hands and feet cuffed. I had no sanitary napkins, no means to wash myself. The cuffs cut into my skin (the scars are still visible), and my wrists were bleeding. Later i found out that i had received an infraction for slapping an officer in the face while they were beating me.
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Assata Shakur (Assata: An Autobiography)
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Došla su druga vremena. Dece je sve manje, a pasa sve više. Danas znamo ono što nikad nismo znali: psi su uglavnom rasni, a deca su naša, domaća i divlja. Od pasa ne treba ništa i nikoga stvarati, oni se rađaju i umiru kao psi. A od dece treba stvarati ljude, što je skoro nemoguće. Nikad vam žena ne može roditi tako kvalitetno dete, kakvog psa možete kupiti.Od deteta nikad nećete stvoriti psa, a pas vam može postati više nego dete. Sa psom morate u šetnju, što samo može koristiti vašem zdravlju. Prema detetu nemate takvih obaveza. Nailazi neko pasje vreme, u najboljem smislu te reči.
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Dušan Radović
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Da kažem nešto o sebi.
Predstaviću se.
Nekada se u školi često tako radilo. Sa svakim novim razredom, izlazili bismo redom pred odeljenje i pred svima govorili o sebi. Meni je to stvarno teško padalo. U stvari, nije samo da mi je bilo teško. Ja u tom činu nisam mogao da pronađem nikakav smisao. Šta ja, uopšte, znam o sebi? Da li sam ja kojeg spoznajem svojom svešću onaj pravi ja? Kao što moj glas snimljen na traci ne zvuči kao moj, predstava koju imam o sebi možda je samo iskrivljena slika koju sam stvorio prema svom nahođenju. Uvek sam tako razmišljao. Kad god bih se predstavljao, kad god bi trebalo da govorim o sebi pred drugima, osećao bih se kao da svojom rukom prepravljam ocene u dnevniku. Uvek mi je bilo neprijatno. I zbog toga sam u tim trenucima pazio da govorim samo i objektivnim činjenicama koje nisu zahtevala obrazloženja i tumačenja (Ja imam psa. Volim da plivam. Ne volim da jedem sir - i slično), pa ipak mi se nekako činilo kao da iznosim izmišljene podatke o izmišljenoj osobi. S takvim osećanjem slušao sam predstavljanje ostalih, pa mi se činilo da oni ne govore o sebi već o nekom drugom. Svi smo mi živeli u izmišljenom svetu i udisali izmišljeni vazduh.
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Haruki Murakami (Dance Dance Dance)
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PSA46.1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. PSA46.2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; PSA46.3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
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Anonymous (KING JAMES BIBLE - VerseSearch - Red Letter Edition)
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PSA19.1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. PSA19.2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. PSA19.3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. PSA19.4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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Secondly, it is the very nature of spiritual life to grow. Wherever they principle of this life is to be found, it can be no different for it must grow. "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day" (Prov. 4:18); "The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger" (Job 17:9). This refers to the children of GOd, who are compared to palm and cedar trees (Psa. 92:12). As natural as it is for children and trees to grow, so natural is growth for the regenerated children of God.
Thirdly, the growth of His children is the goal and objective God has in view by administering the means of grace to them. "And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints...that we henceforth be no more children...but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the Head" (Eph. 4:11-15). This is also to be observed in 1 Peter 2:2: "as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby, " God will reach His goal and His word will not return to Him void; thus God's children will grow in grace.
Fourthly, is is the duty to which God's children are continually exhorted, and their activity is to consist in a striving for growth. That it is their duty is to be observed in the following passages: "But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 3:18); "He that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still" (Rev. 22:11). The nature of this activity is expressed as follows: "Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after" (Phil. 3:12). If it were not necessary for believers to grow the exhortations to that end would be in vain.
Some remain feeble, having but little life and strength. this can be due to a lack of nourishment, living under a barren ministry, or being without guidance. It can also be that they naturally have a slow mind and a lazy disposition; that they have strong corruptions which draw them away; that they are without much are without much strife; that they are too busy from early morning till late evening, due to heavy labor, or to having a family with many children, and thus must struggle or are poverty-stricken. Furthermore, it can be that they either do not have the opportunity to converse with the godly; that they do not avail themselves of such opportunities; or that they are lazy as far as reading in God's Word and prayer are concerned. Such persons are generally subject to many ups and downs. At one time they lift up their heads out of all their troubles, by renewal becoming serious, and they seek God with their whole heart. It does not take long, however , and they are quickly cast down in despondency - or their lusts gain the upper hand. Thus they remain feeble and are, so to speak, continually on the verge of death. Some of them occasionally make good progress, but then grieve the Spirit of God and backslide rapidly. For some this lasts for a season, after which they are restored, but others are as those who suffer from consumption - they languish until they die. Oh what a sad condition this is! (Chapter 89. Spiritual Growth, pg. 140, 142-143)
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Wilhelmus à Brakel (The Christian's Reasonable Service, Vol. 4)
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Zachować honor lub go stracić możesz jedynie wobec kogoś równego sobie. Nikt przy zdrowych zmysłach nie oczekuje honorowego zachowania ze strony doulosa czy kratistosa. Wobec silniejszego zachowujemy się tak, jak pozwala nam jego Forma; słabszym sami ustalamy Formę zachowania. Pies może być ci wdzięczny i możesz być dla psa łaskawa, ale nie sposób złożyć psu przysięgi.
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Jacek Dukaj (Inne Pieśni)
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Sada ću misliti na tebe, draga, samo na tebe, cele noći. Misliću samo na tebe, to je jedini način da osetim samog sebe, ako te držim u svom središtu kao drvo, ako se malo - pomalo odvojim od stabla koje me drži i vodi, ako oprezno lebdim oko tebe, opipavajući vazduh svakim listom (zelenim, zelenim, ja i ti, sočno stablo i zeleno lišće: zeleno, zeleno) ne udaljavajući se od tebe, ne dopuštajući da bilo ko drugi prodre između mene i tebe, učini da ne mislim na tebe, ma i na trenutak me liši saznanja da ova noć kruži ka svitanju i da će tamo, s druge strane, tamo gde živiš i spavaš, biti ponovo noć kad zajedno stignemo i uđemo u tvoju kuću, popnemo se uza stepenice na tremu, upalimo svetla, pomilujemo tvog psa, popijemo kafu, dugo se gledamo pre nego što te ja zagrlim (da te držim u svom središtu kao drvo) i povedem te ka stepeništu (ali nema nikakve staklene kugle) i počnemo da se penjemo, penjemo, vrata su zatvorena, ali imam ključ u džepu...
Ko će znati kako je moglo da se završi nešto što nije čak ni počelo, što je krenulo iz sredine i nestalo bez jasnih obrisa, raspršivši se na ivici druge magle.
... to odsustvo koje se sada stani u mojoj kući samca, dotiče moj jastuk svojom zlatnom meduzom, primorava me da pišem ovo što pišem u besmislenoj nadi da postoji bajalica, slatki golem od reči.
... tu ima nekih rupa i bičeva, neka voda teče niz lice i zaslepljuje i grize, neki zvuk kao tutnjava iz dubina, trenutak bez vremena, nepodnošljivo lep.
... za mene je bila kao topola od bronze i sna...
... to je pre odgovor na smrt i na ništavilo, stavljanje stvari i vremena na određeno mesto, uvođenje vremena i prolaza, protivljenje vremenu punom rupa i tamnih mesta.
Ti koji me čitaš, nije li se i tebi desilo nešto što počinje kao san i vraća se u mnogim snovima ali to nije to, nije samo san? Nešto što jeste tu, ali gde, i kako; nešto što prolazi kroz snove, razume se, puki san ali posle takođe tu, na drugi način jer je meko i puno rupa, ali tu dok pereš zube, u dnu lavaboa ga i dalje vidiš kad ispljuneš pastu za zube ili stavljaš lice pod hladnu vodu, već istanjeno ali još zalepljeno za pidžamu, u korenu jezika dok podgrevaš kafu, tu ali gde, kako, zalepljeno za jutro, sa svojom tišinom u koju već ulaze zvuci dana, vesti na radiju koje smo pustili jer smo budni i jer smo ustali i svet i dalje ide svojim putem.
... kako je to moguće, šta je to bilo, šta smo to bili u snu koji je međutim nešto drugo, svako malo se vraća i tu je, ali gde je to tu?
... ta trideset i jedna godina nije ono što je važno, mnogo je gori ovaj prelazak iz sna u reči, rupa između onoga što je i dalje ovde ali se sve više predaje jasnoj ošztici stvari s ove strane, tom nožu od reči koje i dalje i dalje ispisujem i koje više nisu to što je i dalje tu, ali gde, kako.
Ovde je nešto trebalo da bude rečeno bez reči, samo slušajući neki neodređen šum.
... postoji neka slika nečega priteranog uza zid, nečega opkoljenog: duboka istina, okružena lažima nepopravljivog konformizma.
Probuditi se, probuditi se na svaki način, ali Valentina je osećala da bi samo nešto što bi ličilo na bič moglo da je razbudi.
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Julio Cortázar
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Their eyes, warm not only with human bond but with the shared enjoyment of the art objects he sold, their mutual tastes and satisfactions, remained fixed on him; they were thanking him for having things like these for them to see, pick up and examine, handle perhaps without even buying. Yes, he thought, they know what sort of store they are in; this is not tourist trash, not redwood plaques reading Muir Woods, Marin County, PSA, or funny signs or girly rings or postcards or views of the Bridge. The girl’s eyes especially, large, dark. How easily, Childan thought, I could fall in love with a girl like this. How tragic my life, then; as if it weren’t bad enough already. The stylish black hair, lacquered nails, pierced ears for the long dangling brass handmade earrings. “Your
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Philip K. Dick (The Man in the High Castle)
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PSA91.1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. PSA91.2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. PSA91.3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. PSA91.4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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PSA103.13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. PSA103.14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. PSA103.15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. PSA103.16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. PSA103.17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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Juce sam grejao telom jednog kretena sto smo se sto puta pobili. Lezi ispred neke zgrade, ceka da ga neko pusti unutra. A niko ga ne pusta. Lose izgleda, zlokobno, i to ljudi ne vole. A dok sam ga grejao, sve mi se razjasnilo, Nezna dusa, nego ga je zivot naucio da nikom ne veruje, i da samo grize. To uopste nije do njega, njemu je tako objasnjeno. NIkad lepa rec, nikad neznost, samo kamenje i sutiranje. Pa on ne zna drugo nego da mrzi. Dok sam ga grejao, tako me je pogledao da mi je bilo lose njegove dobrote.
Leti je lako, leti svaka budala moze da prezivi na ulici. Zimi je horor. Zima ne prasta. Zima sahranjuje na svakih 15 minuta. Zima cedi psa polako, i kad mu dodje sudnji cas, on mucenik i jedva ceka da poveca brojno stnje s one druge strane zivota.
Hocu da vam kazem, leti nas lovite, gadjajte, ne dajte nam nista, ali zimi, zima je vreme za primirj, ako se radi o dostojanstvenom svetu. Pa koji je to fazon da se ne pustaju psi u zgrade? Sta smeta da se prespava na nekom otiracu. PSeci zivot je isto zivot , jos jedna dusa na planeti. Ako imate neko cebe koje vam ne treba, bacite ga negde, pored nekog drveta, u neki cosak, negde gde ne smeta, i neka pseca dusa ce ga naci, i to ce joj spasiti zivot, da imate preko leta s kim da se proganjate. Ja znam jednog tipa iz starog kraja, jednog drkadziju, zivi na cetvrtom spratu tog jednog solitera i nervira ga jedna kucka sto zivi tu izmedju zgrada. Ona laje izmedju pet i sest ujutru, uvek. On je cesto cuje i fantazira o tome da ima snajper i da joj prosvira mozak, samo da ucuti. I leti i zimi. I leti je ne konstatuje kad je vid, osim sto je nekag opsuje i kaze joj - Glupaco- Ali, zimi, zimi je pusa u zgradu i od kad se odselila ona komsinica sto je natovila jednom kao prase, on joj i hranu donosi. Covek drkadzija, ali kad dodje do Zenevske konvencije, nemam mu ravnog, postuje neprijatelja kao svog rodjenog.
A nije strasno ni ako se ostave ostaci od rucka negde. Ako vam se ne svidja bas pored vase kuce, odnesite ih negde dalje, negde gde nema nicije kuce, kad krenete ko zna na koje toplo mesto na koje vec idete. Ostavite, pojesce neko i zato ce preziveti. A ako nekoga spasete sa ulice ove zime, ako ga primite u kucu, ako pocne da zivi sa vama, redefinisace vam se pojmovi zahvalnosti i odanosti. Shvaticete da za ljubav nisu potrebne reci, da su dovoljni pogledi, pokreti, uzdasi ili obicno njuskanje.
Uzmite nekog smrznutog psa u kucu, bar dok ne prodje zima, da vam pomogne da se snadjete u ovom bezdusnom svetu.
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Ivan Tokin
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Če se dotakneš drevesa, ni nič drugače, kot če se dotakneš kakšnega drugega živega bitja, pravzaprav je še lepše. Zakaj? Če recimo potrepljam psa po glavi, res da zatipam nekaj toplega in trepetavega, vendar zmeraj čutim, da je zraven še nekaj, kar mu odvrača pozornost, bodisi da mu kruli v želodcu, bodisi da se mu toži po nekomu, bodisi da se samo spominja hudih sanj. Razumeš? V psu je preveč misli in preveč potreb, tako kot pri čoveku. Ali bo lahko miren in zadovoljen, ni odvisno samo od njega. Pri drevesu pa je drugače. Od takrat, ko vzklije, pa do takrat, ko umre, nepremično vztraja na istem mestu. Med vsemi bitji sega s koreninami najbližje srcu Zemlje, s krošnjo pa najbližje nebu. Sokovi v njem se pretakajo od zgoraj navzdol in od spodaj navzgor. Širi se in krči, kakor mu veleva dnevna svetloba. Čaka na dež, čaka na sonce, čaka zdaj na ta letni čas, potem na naslednjega, čaka na smrt. Od vseh stvari, ki mu omogočajo življenje, ni prav nobena odvisna od njegove volje. Obstaja in to je vse. Ali zdaj razumeš, zakaj je božati drevesa lep? Ker so trdna, ker dihajo tako počasi in umirjeno, tako globoko.
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Susanna Tamaro (Pojdi, kamor te vodi srce)
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The “god” which the vast majority of professing Christians “love” is looked upon very much like an indulgent old man, who himself has no relish for folly, but leniently winks at the “indiscretions” of youth. But the Word says, “Thou hatest all workers of iniquity” (Psa 5:5). And again, “God is angry with the wicked every day” (Psa 7:11). But men refuse to believe in this God, and gnash their teeth when His hatred of sin is faithfully pressed upon their attention. No, sinful man was no more likely to devise a holy God than to create the Lake of Fire in which he will be tormented for ever and ever.
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Arthur W. Pink (The Attributes of God)
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Many erroneously suppose that when Christ's Millennial Kingdom is inaugurated every one will be pleased with its ruling. But not so. Its regulations will be far more exacting than those of any previous government, and the liberties of the people will be restricted to a degree that will be galling indeed to many now clamoring for an increase of liberty. Liberty to deceive, to misrepresent, to overreach and to defraud others, will be entirely cut off. Liberty to abuse themselves or others in food or in drink, or in any way to corrupt good manners, will be totally denied to all. Liberty or license to do wrong of any sort will not be granted to any. The only liberty that will be granted to any will be the true and glorious liberty of the sons of God -liberty to do good to themselves and others in any and in every way; but nothing will be allowed to injure or destroy in all that Holy Kingdom (Isa. 11:9; Rom. 8:21). That rule will consequently be felt by many to be a severe one, breaking up all their former habits and customs, as well as breaking up institutions founded upon these false habits and false ideas of liberty. Because of its firmness and vigor, it is symbolically called an iron rule -'He shall rule them with a rod of iron' (Compare Rev. 2:26, 27; Psa, 2:8-12 and 49:14).
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Charles Taze Russell (Studies In The Scriptures, Volume 1)
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PSA103.17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; PSA103.18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. PSA103.19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. PSA103.20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. PSA103.21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. PSA103.22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.
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Anonymous (Holy Bible: King James Version)
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The clearest short-term yardstick may be the PSA nadir (discussed above). One study of 743 patients at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York confirmed that higher-intensity radiation does a better job of achieving a rock-bottom PSA level. Of the men who received higher doses—76 to 81 Gy—90 percent achieved a PSA nadir of 1.0 ng/ml or less; 76 percent of men who received 70 Gy and 56 percent of men who received 64.8 Gy achieved those low PSA levels. But there was a trade-off—the men who received higher doses of radiation also had a significantly higher rate of gastrointestinal side effects, urinary tract complications, and impotence. To overcome these side effects at high doses, intensity-modulated radiation therapy
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Patrick C. Walsh (Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer)
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(IMRT) has an advantage. The newer, high-dose, conformally directed, external-beam techniques for radiation therapy such as IMRT have been in widespread use for less than ten years; IGRT has been around for an even shorter time. However, some reports of long-term success are now emerging. New studies suggest that at ten years, high radiation doses alone can produce PSA control or cure rates in 93 percent of men with low-risk prostate cancer. What about more aggressive prostate cancer? As we discussed in chapter 9, the best treatment regimen for men with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer is still a moving target, but it will likely turn out to be a combination of high-dose radiation and short- or long-term hormonal therapy.
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Patrick C. Walsh (Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer)
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Ugasite televizor, bacite novine koje govore o bračnome brodolomu filmske dive od koje vas dijeli Velika Bara, pošaljite u vražju mater križaljku koja od vas traži da navedete selendru na jugoistoku Pakistana. Pogledajte stranca koji pokraj vas sjedi, s kojim se iznjedrilo čudo zvano djeca. Pitajte ga može li sažvakati i ispljunuti tugu, može li još uopće govoriti. Pozdravite susjeda. Pokušajte od djece napraviti ljude koji će jednog dana možda moći pričati i sanjati o sreći. Nahranite nekog jednom lijepom riječju, napojite žednoga pogledom, nemojte šutnuti psa zato što je šugav. Pogledajte oblak! Onaj tamo! Onu bijelu kovrču vlage na koju bi vaši snovi možda htjeli zasjesti prije nego što se pretvore u noćnu moru. Život je lijep. Život je… sve ono što zaboravljamo zaboravljajući druge…
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Ivana Šojat Kuči (I past će sve maske)
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Ingredient 2: Sorrow for Sin “I will be sorry for my sin” (Psa 38:18). Ambrose calls sorrow the embittering of the soul. The Hebrew word “to be sorrowful” signifies “to have the soul, as it were, crucified.” This must be in true repentance: “They shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn” (Zec 12:10), as if they did feel the nails of the cross sticking in their sides. A woman may as well expect to have a child without pangs as one can have repentance without sorrow. He that can believe without doubting, suspect his faith; and he that can repent without sorrowing, suspect his repentance. Martyrs shed blood for Christ, and penitents shed tears for sin: “she…stood at his [Jesus’] feet…weeping” (Luk 7:38). See how this limbeck[19] dropped. The sorrow of her heart ran out at her eye…
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Thomas Watson (The Doctrine of Repentance)
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The Bible account of man's creation is that God created him perfect and upright, an earthly image of himself; that man sought out various inventions and defiled himself (Gen. 1:27; Rom. 5:12; Eccl. 7:29); that, all being sinners, the race was unable to help itself, and none could by any means redeem his brother or give to God a ransom for him (Psa. 49: 7, 15); that God in compassion and love had made provision for this; that, accordingly, the Son of God became a man, and gave man's ransom-price; that, as a reward for this sacrifice, and in order to the completion of the great work of atonement, he was highly exalted, even to the divine nature; and that in due time he will bring to pass a restitution of the race to the original perfection and to every blessing then possessed. These things are clearly taught in the Scriptures, from beginning to end, and are in direct opposition to the Evolution theory; or, rather, such 'babblings of science, falsely so called,' are in violent and irreconcilable conflict with the Word of God.
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Charles Taze Russell (Studies In The Scriptures, Volume 1)
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Myslím, že by například ministerská rada měla občas držet černou hodinku; měla by zasedat v rostoucím šeru, ve kterém by žhnulo jen několik cigár. Jeden ministr po druhém by upadal v tichou zádumčivost. „Mládenci,“ ozval by se pan předseda měkce, „mně je vám někdy ouzko z toho politikaření. Víte, kdybychom si nikdy nelhali a vždycky si řekli, co vlastně chceme…“ „No ba,“ vzdychl by jiný ministr. „Já si tak někdy myslím, že vládnout je zatracená povinnost. To člověka strašně zavazuje. Kdyby to tak nějakšlo… beze všech kliček a hejblů… aby byl člověk jako ze skla…“ „Taky to říkám,“ děl by třetí. „Co by se všechno dalo udělat, kdybychom si navzájem věřili!“ „No jo,“ řekl by čtvrtý, „ale politika je neřád. Kdybychom mysleli víc na svou zatracenou povinnost nežli na politiku.“
„Tak co,“ zeptal by se pan předseda, „mám už rozsvítit?“
„Ještě ne; vždyť se nám tady tak dobře sedí!
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Karel Čapek (Zahradníkův rok / Měl jsem psa a kočku / Kalendář)