The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not
the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
MAR 8:34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples
also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
MAR 8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever
shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save
it.
MAR 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his own soul?
MAR 8:37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: LUK 3:2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came
unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
LUK 3:3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the
baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
LUK 3:4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the
prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye
the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
LUK 3:5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall
be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough
ways shall be made smooth;
LUK 3:6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much
discouraged because of the way.
NUM 21:5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore
have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there
is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this
light bread.
NUM 21:6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they
bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
NUM 21:7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned,
for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the
LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the
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