| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's
hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
GEN 48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this
is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
GEN 48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know
it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly
his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become
a multitude of nations.
GEN 48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel
bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set
Ephraim before Manasseh.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: merciful God.
NEH 9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the
terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble
seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our
princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers,
and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this
day.
NEH 9:33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou
hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
NEH 9:34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our
fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: it was told Abimelech.
JDG 9:26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over
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
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