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2</B></I></U></A><I><B>  </B></I><I>      </I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://nbfirving.net/mp3/True%20Sacrifices/truesacrificespt1.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nbfirving.net/mp3/True%20Sacrific"><U><B><IMG SRC="1371cf680.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="104" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="http://nbfirving.net/mp3/True%20Sacrifices/truesacrificespt2.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nbfirving.net/mp3/True%20Sacrific"><U><B><IMG SRC="1371cf680.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="104" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#part_3" TITLE="July 1, 8, 15 22, 2007"><U><I><B>Part 3 </B></I></U></A><I><B>                  </B></I><A HREF="#part_4" TITLE="July 1, 8, 15 22, 2007"><U><I><B>Part 4</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://nbfirving.net/mp3/True%20Sacrifices/truesacrificespt3.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nbfirving.net/mp3/True%20Sacrific"><U><B><IMG SRC="1371cf680.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="104" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="http://nbfirving.net/mp3/True%20Sacrifices/truesacrificespt4.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nbfirving.net/mp3/True%20Sacrific"><U><B><IMG SRC="1371cf680.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="104" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div>    (Right click mp3 logo and "Save Target As" to download).</div> <bR> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="part_1_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>Part 1 </B></I></div> <div> <B>ISAIAH 12:1-6</B> (AMP) AND IN that day you will say, I will give thanks to You, 0 Lord; for though You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You comfort me. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >2</FONT>Behold, God, my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and song; yes, He has become my salvation. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT>Therefore with joy will you draw water from the wells of salvation. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >4</FONT>And in that day you will say, Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name and by means of His name [in solemn entreaty]; declare and make known His deeds among the peoples of the earth, proclaim that His name is exalted! <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >5</FONT>Sing praises to the Lord, for He has done excellent things [gloriously]; let this be made known to all the earth. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >6</FONT>Cry aloud and shout joyfully, you women and inhabitants of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.</div> <bR> <div> <I>BE WARNED! BE ADVISED!</I></div> <div> <I>1.  GRATEFULNESS IS CONTAGIOUS AND IT BEARS FRUIT.</I></div> <div> <I>2.   MURMURING IS CONTAGIOUS AND IT BEARS FRUIT.</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>NUMBERS 21:4,5</B> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >4</FONT>And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, and the people became impatient (depressed, much discouraged), because [of the trials] of the way. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >5</FONT>And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water, and we loathe this light (contemptible, unsubstantial) manna.</div> <bR> <div> <B>PROVERBS 18:21</B> Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life].</div> <bR> <div> <I>Thanksgiving and gratefulness = LIFE Murmuring and ungratefulness = DEATH</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>It took the Israelites 40 years to get from Egypt to the Promised Land in what could have taken less than 2 weeks. Unbelief showed up as mumbling and grumbling.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>God considers a negative report as an evil report</I><I> and this opened doors for destruction.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Some of us go around offended half the time and wonder why God is not doing more in our life. The Bible is clear: Your faith will not work effectively if you don't forgive people. </I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mark 11:25,26</B> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >25</FONT>And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him and let it drop (leave it, let it go), in order that your Father Who is in heaven may also forgive you your [own] failings and shortcomings and let them drop. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >26</FONT>But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your failings and shortcomings.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Ephesians 4:26</B></I> When angry, do not sin; do not ever let your wrath (your exasperation, your fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down.</div> <bR> <div> <I>Many people justify being mad for seasons when the Bible says </I><I>don't let the sun go </I><I>d</I><I>own on your anger.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>The Israelites believed it was God's fault for their trials but they were not comfortable blaming God so they blamed the human they felt was closest to Him - Moses. It was Moses fault.</I></div> <div> <I>BE ADVISED: A negative report is an evi</I><I>l</I><I> report with an evil motive.</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>NUMBERS 21:6-7</B> Then the Lord sent fiery (burning) serpents among the people; and they bit the people, and many Israelites died. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >7</FONT>And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord, that He may take away the serpents from us. So Moses prayed for the people.</div> <bR> <div> <B>HEBREWS 12:14,15</B> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >14</FONT>Strive to live in peace with everybody and pursue that consecration and holiness without which no one will [ever] see the Lord. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >15</FONT>Exercise foresight and be on the watch to look [after one another], to see that no one falls back from and fails to secure God's grace (His unmerited favor and spiritual blessing), in order that no root of resentment (rancor, bitterness, or hatred) shoots forth and causes trouble and bitter torment, and the many become contaminated and defiled by it-</div> <div> <A HREF="#true_sacrifices" TITLE="July 1, 8, 15 22, 2007"><U><I>Back to Top</I></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I> <A NAME="part_2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><I>Part 2</I></div> <div> <B>1 COR 10:9-11</B>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >9</FONT>We should not tempt the Lord [try His patience, become a trial to Him, critically appraise Him, and exploit His goodness] as some of them did—and were killed by poisonous serpents; <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >10</FONT>Nor discontentedly complain as some of them did—and were put out of the way entirely by the destroyer (death). 11Now these things befell them by way of a figure [as an example and warning to us]; they were written to admonish and fit us for right action by good instruction, we in whose days the ages have reached their climax (their consummation and concluding period).</div> <bR> <div> <I>A critical spirit is contagious. People get so hooked on being negative they don't </I><I>even realize how much of a hold it has.</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>PROVERBS 18:21</B> Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life].</div> <bR> <div> <B>PROVERBS 14:4</B> Where no oxen are, the grain crib is empty, but much increase [of crops] comes by the strength of the ox.</div> <bR> <div> <I>Be consumed with the goodness of God. Let your tongue be an instrument of praise, thanksgiving, exhortation. Let's encourage each other with the goodness of God, the works of God and the Word of God.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Words are seeds - plant good seeds.    You are investing in your own future.</I></div> <div> <I>What you sow, you will reap. You reap later than you sow. You reap more than you sow. Become a person of thanksgiving and praise. Focus on the goodness</I><I> </I><I>of God and you will see what you focus on.</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Galatians 6:7 </B>Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside.) [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap.</div> <bR> <div> PSALM 100 <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >1</FONT>MAKE A joyful noise to the Lord, all you lands! <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >2</FONT>Serve the Lord with gladness! Come before His presence with singing! <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT>Know (perceive, recognize, and understand with approval) that the Lord is God! It is He Who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]! We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >4</FONT>Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and a thank offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name! <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >5</FONT>For the Lord is good; His mercy and loving-kindness are everlasting, His faithfulness and truth endure to all generations.</div> <bR> <div> <B>PHILIPIANS 2:14-15</B> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >14</FONT>Do all things without grumbling and faultfinding and complaining [against God] and questioning and doubting [among yourselves], <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >15</FONT>That you may show yourselves to be blameless and guiltless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish (faultless, unrebukable) in the midst of a crooked and wicked generation [spiritually perverted and perverse], among whom you are seen as bright lights (stars or beacons shining out clearly) in the [dark] world,</div> <bR> <div> <B>1 THESSALONIANS 5:18</B> Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will].</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>PSALM 107:21, 22  </B></I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >21</FONT>Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men!  z2And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and rehearse His deeds with shouts of joy and singing!</div> <div> PSALM 116,16-19 ieO Lord, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid; You have loosed my bonds. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >22</FONT>I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call on the name of the Lord, isl will pay my vows to the Lord, yes, in the presence of all His people, win the courts of the Lord's house-in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)</div> <div> Will the fruit of thanksgiving make a difference in your home, work or church?</div> <div> Do you think you can quench the Holy Spirit in your life, your family, your church by murmuring and complaining?</div> <bR> <div> <I><U>Today, you sow the seeds of the fruit you will eat in your tomorrows.</U></I></div> <bR> <div> 1 THES 5:18-19  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >18</FONT>Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances</div> <div> may be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will]. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >19</FONT>Do not quench (suppress or subdue) the [Holy] Spirit;</div> <div> <A HREF="#true_sacrifices" TITLE="July 1, 8, 15 22, 2007"><U><I>Back to Top</I></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I> <A NAME="part_3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><I>Part 3</I></div> <div> <B>Albert Sendejo</B></div> <div> Thanksgiving helps you to hear God and see God's hand at work in your life. Thanksgiving helps you be assured of God's heartbeat for you because you are reminded of God's goodness. Meditating on God's goodness draws you to His heart because the goodness of God draws us to repentance.</div> <bR> <div> PHILIPPIANS 2:12-13 "Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with the enthusiasm you would show] in my presence but much more because I am absent, work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe and trembling (self-distrust, with serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against temptation, timidly shrinking from whatever might offend God and discredit the name of Christ). <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >13</FONT>[Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight.</div> <bR> <div> Here is a general and basic word today for all of us: No matter your spiritual maturity, be thankful and consumed with God's goodness.</div> <bR> <div> COLOSSIANS 3:15 And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ's] one body you were also called [to live]. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always].</div> <bR> <div> 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will].</div> <bR> <div> One of the ways you express thanks to the Lord is by being thankful for people in your life. If you take people for granted, it is because you take God for granted.</div> <bR> <div> COLOSSIANS 3:12-14<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > i2</FONT>Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own chosen ones (His own picked representatives), [who are] purified and holy and well-beloved [by God Himself, by putting on behavior marked by] tenderhearted pity and mercy, kind feeling, a lowly opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, [and] patience [which is tireless and long-suffering, and has the power to endure whatever comes, with good temper]. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >13</FONT>Be gentle and forbearing with one another and, if one has a difference (a grievance or complaint) against another, readily pardoning each other; even as the Lord has [freely] forgiven you, so must you also [forgive]. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >14</FONT>And above all these [put on] love and enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds everything together completely in ideal harmony].</div> <bR> <div> COLOSSIANS 3:16-17<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >16</FONT>Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness, as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insight and intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to God with [His] grace in your hearts.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >17</FONT>And whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in [dependence upon] His Person, giving praise to God the Father through Him.</div> <bR> <div> HEBREWS 13:17 Obey your spiritual leaders and submit to them [continually recognizing their authority over you], for they are constantly keeping watch over your souls and guarding your spiritual welfare, as men who will have to render an account [of their trust]. [Do your part to] let them do this with gladness and not with sighing and groaning, for that would not be profitable to you [either].</div> <bR> <div> PHILIPPIANS 2:14-16 <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >14</FONT>Do all things without grumbling and faultfinding and complaining [against God] and questioning and doubting [among yourselves], <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >15</FONT>That you may show yourselves to be blameless and guiltless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish (faultless, unrebukable) in the midst of a crooked and wicked generation [spiritually perverted and perverse], among whom you are seen as bright lights (stars or beacons shining out clearly) in the [dark] world, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >16</FONT>Holding out [to it] and offering [to all men] the Word of Life, so that in the day of Christ I may have something of which exultantly to rejoice and glory in that I did not run my race in vain or spend my labor to no purpose.</div> <bR> <div> PHILIPPIANS 4:6 Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.</div> <bR> <div> HEBREWS 13:15 Through Him, therefore, let us constantly and at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name.</div> <bR> <div> Repent, submit the negative tongue and critical spirit to the Lord; practice the basic of thanksgiving. You will be aware that your battles are now the Lord's battles. You will see his deliverance. By faith, not by sight, give thanks for the victory before the victory is manifest. Give thanks to the Lord for His mercy and loving kindness endure forever.</div> <div> <A HREF="#true_sacrifices" TITLE="July 1, 8, 15 22, 2007"><U><I>Back to Top</I></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I> <A NAME="part_4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><I>Part 4</I></div> <div> <B>2 CHRONICLES 20:</B> AFTER THIS, the Moabites, the Ammonites, and with them the Meunites came against Jehoshaphat to battle, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >2</FONT>lt was told Jehoshaphat, A great multitude has come against you from beyond the [Dead] Sea, from Edom; and behold they are in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT>Then Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself [determinedly, as his vital need] to seek the Lord; he proclaimed a fast in all Judah.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > 4</FONT>And Judah gathered together to ask help from the Lord; even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord [yearning for Him with all their desire]. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >5</FONT>And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the Lord before the new court <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >6</FONT>And said, 0 Lord, God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven? And do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? In Your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand You. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >7</FONT>Did not You, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend? <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >8</FONT>They dwelt in it and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your Name, saying, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >9</FONT>lf evil comes upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You--for Your Name [and the symbol of Your presence] is in this house—and cry to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >10</FONT>And now behold, the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they turned from and did not destroy—<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >11</FONT>Behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >12</FONT>O our God, will You not exercise judgment upon them? For we have no might to stand against this great company that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.</div> <bR> <div> Jehoshaphat:</div> <div> 1.   He praised God. </div> <div> 2.   He mentioned his problem.</div> <div> 3.   He confessed to the Lord he could not solve it, but was depending on Him.</div> <bR> <div> 13<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >And all Judah stood before the Lord, with their children and their wives. </FONT>14<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. </FONT>15<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >He said, Hearken, all Judah, you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you King Jehoshaphat. The Lord says this to you: Be not afraid or dismayed at this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. </FONT>16<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Tomorrow go down to them. Behold, they will come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the ravine before the Wilderness of Jeruel. </FONT>17<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >7You shall not need to fight in this battle; take your positions, stand still, and see the deliverance of the Lord [Who is] with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Fear not nor be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you. </FONT>18<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping Him. </FONT>19<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >And some Levites of the Kohathites and Korahites stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice. </FONT>20<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >And they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God and you shall be established; believe and remain steadfast to His prophets and you shall prosper. </FONT>21<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >When he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to sing to the Lord and praise Him in their holy [priestly] garments as they went out before the army, saying, Give thanks to the Lord, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever! </FONT>22<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were [self-] slaughtered; </FONT>23<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >For [suspecting betrayal] the men of Ammon and Moab rose against those of Mount Seir, utterly destroying them. And when they had made an end of the men of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another. </FONT>24<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >And when Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked at the multitude, and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none had escaped!  </FONT>25<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil, they found among them much cattle, goods, garments, and precious things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry away, so much they were three days in gathering the spoil. </FONT>26<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah. There they blessed the Lord. So the name of the place is still called the Valley of Beracah [blessing]. </FONT>27<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat leading them, to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies. </FONT>28<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >They came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres, and trumpets to the house of the Lord. </FONT>29<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel. soSo the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest round about.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Repent, submit the negative tongue and critical spirit to the Lord; practice the basic of thanksgiving. You will be aware that your battles are now the Lord's battles. You will see his deliverance. By faith, not by sight, give thanks for the victory before the victory is manifest. 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