The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: EZE 34:8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became
a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because
there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but
the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
EZE 34:9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
EZE 34:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds;
and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from
feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more;
for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat
for them.
EZE 34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
LUK 9:59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer
me first to go and bury my father.
LUK 9:60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou
and preach the kingdom of God.
LUK 9:61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me
first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
LUK 9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the
plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
LUK 10:1 After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and
sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: KI1 17:3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by
the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
KI1 17:4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I
have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
KI1 17:5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he
went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
KI1 17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and
bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
KI1 17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up,
because there had been no rain in the land.
KI1 17:8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
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