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“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.
In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33

Oh to be free of the troubles of this world, and all its heartache, loss and frustrations. What will it be like to know that we will never again have to deal with difficult diagnoses or medical treatments; or loss of our loved ones, and oh to be completely free of uncertainty ...

For me it means a 12-year-old boy who can’t verbalize to me what he needs when something is wrong or if he is hurt.

Lord, please help me guess.

It means I have to serve him the same foods daily, no substitutes or brand name changes, and no shape or color changes.

Lord, please help companies to always make their foods the same.

It means he can’t wipe himself in the bathroom and he won’t ring the bell I have set up for him when he is finished, ...

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Why are the nations in an uproar and the peoples devising a vain thing?
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers take counsel together
Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us tear their fetters apart
And cast away their cords from us!”

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The service is celebrated with children singing and dancing. The Torah Scrolls are carried throughout the sanctuary, ...