In Deuteronomy 11:26-28,
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God says, "See, I am
setting before you today,
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a blessing and a curse.
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The blessing, if you
listen to the commandments
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of the Lord, Your God,
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which I am commanding you today,
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and the curse if you do
not listen to the commandments
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of the Lord, Your God."
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God is a perfect,
trustworthy, and fair judge.
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God is the owner of all things
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and wants to share
good things with us,
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but He cannot bless sin
because His ways are righteous.
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That's why God
tells us in Matthew 6:33,
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"Seek ye first
the kingdom of God
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and His righteousness
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and all these other
things shall be added unto you."
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If we choose to
obey righteousness,
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our blessings will increase.
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We typically learn as
children that there's a reward
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for obeying and a
price for disobeying.
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I would much rather be
rewarded than be in debt,
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and I believe God
would much rather reward us.
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Let's pray.
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Our Father in heaven, thank
You for Your wonderful promises.
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Help us to love Your ways.
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Help us to love to do right.
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Help us to love
Your protective laws.
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Help us to love and appreciate
Your gift at the cross.
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Help us to love and
let You sanctify us.
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Help us to love
and let You redeem us.
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Help us to love Your
Word that lights our path.
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In Jesus' name we
thank You for Your promise
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that You will finish
what You have started.
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Amen.
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Heavenly Father,
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I once heard it
said that obedience
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is the highest form of worship.
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Father, we worship You.
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I worship You.
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We love You, Lord.
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Help us to be more and
more obedient every day.
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Help us to grow in faith
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and in love of both
You, Father, and each other.
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We know our obedience
is a reflection on You
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and Your Son.
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Help us to be a
pure heart and pure mind
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so that our
example glorifies You
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and Your Son,
Jesus, whom we love,
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for it's in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen.
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When we walk with
the Lord In the light
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of His Word
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What a glory He sheds on our way
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While we do His good will
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He abides with us still
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And with all who
will trust and obey
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Trust and obey For
there's no other way
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To be happy in Jesus
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But to trust and obey
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Not a burden we bear
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Not a sorrow we share
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But our toil He
doth richly repay
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Not a grief or a loss
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Not a frown or a cross
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But is blest if we trust
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And obey
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Heavenly Father, we
want to lift up Your church
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and pray for obedience,
obedience to Your Word,
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obedience to You.
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Lord, we know there's a lot
of distractions in the world.
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A lot of things that
can keep us away from You
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that can distract us from You.
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So, Lord, we just
pray that we stay true.
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We fight the good fight.
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We stay on the right path
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that we may all
eventually go to heaven together
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and be there for eternity.
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Lord, we ask this
in Your holy name.
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Amen.
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Oh, Lord our God,
Thy will not mind,
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how many times have
we prayed this prayer.
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However, as we continue
to press towards the mark
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of our high calling,
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we trust Your
will to be done in us.
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And may we always remember
that I can do all things
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through Christ
Jesus who strengthens me.
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So be it.
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And as we grow day by day,
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may Your will be done in
our lives in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Dear Lord, You came
to this earth to save us
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all from our sins.
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You shed Your blood
and died on the cross
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as a testament
of Your love for us.
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I thank You so much
for remembering us, Lord.
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Your Father in heaven gave us
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the ability to show our
love to You by following
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a simple 10 commands
written on a stone tablet.
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Obedience to
these simple commands
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is so important
to our eternal life.
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If we obey these 10
simple steps faithfully,
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we will be rewarded by sitting
next to You in the heavenly
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kingdom and feeling that
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giant hug from
our Heavenly Father.
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And to hear His
voice saying thank you
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for being here with Me.
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Thank You, Lord,
for Your heavenly
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reward by just following
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Your simple plan
with all our love.
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Amen.
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But we never can prove
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The delights of His love
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Until all on the altar we lay
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For the favor He shows
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For the joy He bestows
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Are for those who will trust
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And obey
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Trust and obey
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For there's no other way
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To be happy in Jesus
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But to trust and obey
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In 2 Corinthians we
read Chapter 10 and verse 5,
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where it deals with
submitting our minds to Christ.
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We demolish arguments
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and every
pretension that sets itself up
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against the knowledge of God.
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And we take
captive every thought
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to make it obedient to Christ.
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speaks to our
obedience toward authority.
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It says, "Have
confidence in your leaders
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and submit to their authority
because they keep watch
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over you as those
who must give an account,
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do this so that
their work will be a joy,
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not a burden for
that would be of no
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benefit to you."
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And John 15:14 sums
it up when Jesus says,
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"You are my friends if
you do what I command."
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Father, I ask that
You would soften my heart,
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and grow me closer to You
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as I place my
life in Your hands.
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Lord, I want to be obedient.
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Lord, show me Your ways.
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God, bind the devil
from tempting me to do
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the things on my own and give me
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the strength to stand strong
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and to not give in
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to temptation to do it my way.
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Give me the will to stand tall
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and accept Your will
for me and not my own.
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I love You, Lord.
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Savior, You're so patient
with us when we are stubborn.
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God realize that
people are rebellious
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and we are all
indulged in our own
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desires from time to time,
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instead of obeying Your command
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and filling that void
in their heart with Jesus,
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we fill it with
hundreds of temporary things,
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fixes and distractions,
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but we keep
turning to these sins
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even though they don't work.
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God, open our eyes
to see the solution
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for our brokenness,
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for our sin,
for our selfishness,
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for our disobedience.
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The solution is the
cross, the cross of Christ,
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surrendering
ourselves and our lives,
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our minds, our
passions, our way,
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surrendering it all to You, God.
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Lord, help us to be obedient.
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What He says we will do
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Where He sends we will go
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Never fear, only trust and obey
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Trust and obey
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For there's no other way
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To be happy in Jesus
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But to trust and obey
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Is there something that
you feel like the spirit
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is asking you to obey?
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Just someone that
you need to pray for,
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someone that you need to go to,
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that you feel the spirit
beckoning you, calling you.
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Let's take time
to pause to pray.
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2 John 1:6 says,
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"This is love that we walk in
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obedience to His commands.
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As you have heard
from the beginning,
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His command is
that you walk in love."
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Lord, I ask that You
will help me to walk in love.
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Father, I ask that
You will open doors
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of opportunity for
me to be a witness.
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Wherever I go,
I can be a witness
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by what I say, by what I do,
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by just simply the way I act.
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Lord, I ask that You
will have mercy on the lost,
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just as You had
mercy on those of us
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who have turned
to You for salvation.
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We will obey You.
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I make that
commitment to obey Him
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for there's no better way.
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No happiness can we find
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that is so peaceful
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and full of contentment
than to simply trust and obey.
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