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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='min-width: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Larry Perry [mailto:larryperry@performancepress.ccsend.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Larry Perry<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 1, 2021 8:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> mmoore11@kent.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> EXT: Better Bible Study<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='font-size:1.0pt'><img id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=eb80bf90-3bb1-485b-b2c3-71837e8bdb6c&a=1103316066373&c=6f49fc70-74b9-11eb-9d75-fa163e24df6a&ch=6f4b0606-74b9-11eb-9d75-fa163e24df6a"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word'><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=610 style='width:457.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:11.25pt 3.75pt 11.25pt 3.75pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;word-wrap: break-word'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#869198;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#869198;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#E6E6E6;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Letter from Larry</span></i><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#717A80'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;background:#EB4C39;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:white'>Wednesday<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:white'>December 1, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>Good morning Everyone:</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:16.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'>BETTER BIBLE STUDY</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>One day, I did something very unusual. I sat in a cafeteria while 5th and</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>6th grade students were eating lunch and cried. I didn't care who saw. I </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>was upset about something, but it took more than that to make me cry. In</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>fact, I did exactly what I always advise other people not to do. I thought</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>about one problem and let it remind me of a lot of other problems, things</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>in the past. I sat there and thought about every person I'd ever known </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>who went through some traumatic thing that I thought there was some </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>possibility I could have prevented if only I had done something a little </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>differently.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>There was dropping out of school, becoming drug addicts, getting evicted</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>from houses, shooting up, getting pregnant before finishing high school,</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>getting diseases, quitting church, getting involved in prostitution, </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>suffering physical abuse, and going to prison for selling crack. All </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>these things have happened to people I've known, people I had a chance</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>to influence.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>As if that wasn't enough, I didn't stop there. Then, I thought about people</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>I don't even know. Starving kids in foreign countries, people who get</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>murdered, abused, raped. People whose loved ones die. Persecuted </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>Christians. Little kids who get cancer. All the ugly things that happen</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>to people in the world. And so yeah, I was crying, and I didn't care</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>who saw. I was crying for everything and everybody, even the kids </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>in that cafeteria, knowing some of their stories were sad or would be.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>Yeah, this world's really messed up. So I asked, "God...can't You...</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>do better than this?"</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>His answer was this. First, He reminded me that all those people I know, </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>His love for them is infinitely greater than mine could ever be, so His </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>heart is infinitely more broken than mine for them... Then, He reminded</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>How can He handle so much heartbreak...?) Next, He gave us all a </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>wonderful world to live in. Everything in this world that's wonderful, </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>every happy memory we've ever had...it's all from Him. Not only that,</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>but He gave us everything we need to know to keep our lives happy </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>and everything we need to know so that after this life, we can live a </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>perfect life with Him forever. It's all right here (in the Bible). If only </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>we'd read it, if only we'd listen...</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>If we ever doubted that anything He told us to do or anything He told</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>us to NOT do was in our best interest, if we ever thought that maybe</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>He just wanted to waste our time or ruin our fun, He proved He loved</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>us too much to ever do that to us. HE DIED FOR US. He is smarter </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>than all of us put together. He has more love for us than all of us put</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>together. Everything He tells us to do is for our benefit, our peace, </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>our joy, our fulfillment. Everything He tells us not to do will only bring</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>us sorrow and pain. Yet, so many ignore His loving commands, choosing</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>instead to follow our own ideas, the world's ideas about what will</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>make us happy... So many people doing that, each of us doing that</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>sometimes, that's what makes this world messed up. So God's question</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>back to me, back to everyone: "Can't you...do better than this?"</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>"But I'm only one person. What can I do?"</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>That's the question that we each need to ask ourselves.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>Here's what I can came up with. In a world of great darkness, I can be</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>a small light when I reflect His light. Jesus said, I am the Light. When</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>I feel discouraged, I can push forward, relying on Him, so that somehow,</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>in my own unique way, I can bring God's love to a world that so </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>desperately needs it.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>"To all the ones I've wanted to save from sorrow but couldn't: I'm</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>thinking of you tonight. I still love you, and I'm sorry. By trying to</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>help, I have taken your burdens into my heart, and now a portion of</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>them weighs on my shoulders as well as your own, but I don't regret</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#403F42'>trying..."</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#403F42'>Scripture References:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#403F42'>God's Love:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuyc2D4bsNVdJcTzMVlpbiSwHqG3vXkCZQgWimUX6fEdTEGNidROxZWdRD0brOUZOaFfF8cqcLfS6j3UuLaUyL804QK_U475ycgwKvcbk5MKQLiqp4uEommHeEc6D-znLO6YyW-NVAPconAFPjxZlgqoudsBU8HMrRsCZHKpBj5J6E=&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>Psalm 34:18</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>who are crushed in spirit.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuyZF33_xhYaCBCQ22pbypxr6fMpzH16xmrUNQb0bmyqB63hx0MSXgOz8ClETkMlDJwFtCzXkdQSMSyI6PEQqc1k-yratW6dxs8468CK5NUh8l2wKIstvJjmxNDYfXUANMBv28yPfgfIKm6FilO3LWmHiCF6zG6QL4bIYdUYJjZKLo=&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>Jeremiah 31:3</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>kindness."</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuykHjwNVmBkTtU3x9_6vSZl0WAMQ0nOZYrbWJN8atyyBphZyF-HTkSteXwfICNtX5kKF1Xd-f0GWgTiEQqozCZ9lkZCsqg_iXXazyNlbwaUBHIAvyBUGjnjjb2qV0CuklGQYXO3y7Bq_AJV6HDeaL_be8Fr7INFOEXx5ICY8QdL1o=&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>Zephaniah 3:17</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuy32nogFBkoWafQmGrwNsej9eiyXaGLD6NeTa56u0XWbarr9qPs-_nQ-l2AhOmgxAo-UDGoUl2XUArFXKmi7wyGecCN1UOaawpxEWjvFrD6Mr6IPxz9zI9ZhXD4Hpb1IbYqUa8Z2XbWVxnSjbNLp6o6ZqfcJTeKdPYLupXYPXJpYgZYZ08MZ_qtw==&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>2 Corinthians 1:3-4</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuyzfnQyCvZOzt-WMhYwjeWhfmfyyiI9hRdqWPwuklgCbF87LlDD5FhDJEFsi2LmMacRQlBrhMRjQnrZHROAnVjH-XxMiKGdAAl9A1tSntXua_NgBtyFITky-jDjoyGdAvlxcWGiEzD-3uA80CVhWspMrbcTliHOVuXE7HnCYq15Lc=&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>Isaiah 40:11</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>that have young.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#403F42'>Good Things:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuyAmV1ZE0LjTsYn4xVD2LbsJ3aB-Kjy-V7D3blqKNOnj2s9Udh6K0zgYb4plSodLou1drD7B-jC8omp14y3Tgux-Meox9M783h6_Z_NX7wKV78sFXvPOAI9BUa7CBww3KfQ6KA0RMRM7U1TInbfFC-tvkmt3sxel-Mcc8vdhPHDXc=&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>Genesis 1:31</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>And there was evening, and there was morning - the sixth day.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuyBesWZ2lRyvPuvRmgziIZ0_Zt2khuDr5RwwzAfuU-0EtJ2y9MRAwL1AhybRSCaVnFwve1yQqbM8CEK06gpjceVDg6apBYrpyM9ZLeramQjRNjC241T_JEnhO1dKSc4vWbj-p-hGYjW2TbjIflxlgDZJG_BdxDE_MMu98-wsiUjWk=&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>James 1:17</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>shifting shadows.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuy2QUisJXgMo6_GQrP6q5O-zcgCJAYkbip6CdtC2qppAo7RID96bSVM8ss4lcpuhiKxgr50P7ZgGygvs4S66OfTDzMtxoT8GpnI6eYu8voX31m-bUOwOCUiDfVduxJ2eTEcB7hWSh7hLDURFvljAOp2ohcA_oz3qwgJl3yWeMMnis=&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>Matthew 6:31-33</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>things will be given to you as well.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#403F42'>God's Law:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuyOs-dnkeqmeFEEolnXCSCXwxThhGOAMvZRIYJ75aRC2yrTYbhezucPNMjHXEuSNvOD233MEuEqUKUvzL8gb0lZ0e9MKZM-7Mc3noFnKxLDZ01bOQ48yWjmjoyykuSfmfeQvyGt6lM47lt90KNtFuKGUT3kh1gcKqTiFjfSgwAFww=&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>Psalm 119:165</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>can make them stumble.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuy90RN07JaokE1Z_Rdxm4ZzCkBeCzdNowRRdws-4eRAX2g8GOCG2DCa8wxMvQeqD9LPOkEubE8ej_4M5MNf41ERF2UrU_kJtPkrxonIK_P0Y2qeJnKTUsc-4MiTj8_0oC-KciTuigu84-ZrRQi6802Q-WV6Zm9wFe7mCf4pIqVhlQ=&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>2 Timothy 3:16</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuyR716j_62AKP4Z4AEZT8BLdo-qcC_27WMS_LRobLnykeqrDvOYr5ob5DzQU4dyZ-tIDwDyN-_cK-x7rzkRa7KIi_3byz3mMavkRUvjSwH6lRk2CP-o1_Q3H_B2SoYRPekCHrcHgb-B3ahGQ_neh_7YDwQavWBgBA7haqzbSn4Jrg=&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>1 John 5:3</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>his commands are not burdensome.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#403F42'>Died for Us:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuy-LXoaVGfDbpd4CtCMGCOTp1u2_GWMVfe4iUuwDdFP9Slf3PXE8BG8Vw1hXnRtD1qBMg8yl2hthYs9xEzcO0LBX9UDIQR-IYFgG_VDBelY34Q5_oaTENczbChdEUsrfpj8L_5gFIDApijDeJbnmDAPkBgeFo5fcFV&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>John 3:16</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>For God so loved the world that he gave his one and </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>eternal life.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#403F42'>God Smarter:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuykgUAl-EOn6NXWHE0CloNHmKL_uuz9JEVcv_Akh41eXA82owj7W9cenxp5K_qrL18MLZFaXWU7mJGKHBb0V4oRghxvnI-_KQMataTkTD21B6n_bcLdLuA2FpC_jrwhJdyaoNc_4jCzuYGXBlOqDVputReRKE6tSolQx7Z_4B85QE=&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>Isaiah 55:9</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#403F42'>World's Ideas/Darkness:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuyO9nP7TZHfUVv4KOjcsiZXyWcctUzX90I_phIgPZu6fZz8ze6ONUSufY8GdyFfW6brl08lipZ0YmfFzaw7NOGCmKkEU4QqF2ltS16biwMt1COhRfSbCWWUoDtBreGtvwwSNVW7lc-9kuSmCea_CHjlLwudi7R51FpceSLxVcrAEE=&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>Galations 3:22</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>But Scripture has locked up everything under the </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuya_pYC_H6MPEpTyGtJp_RvIKhIvmaitkqzrIQykUrwHdIPS5RUvOit3mtIGFc5zchHc2iiscOwbOZ5DM-KSHq43xYuVNJ8rW0GFVYPN4HhF1sDgivcxDkVqSr1YUAHJcBeKd78uMBFAnFmQo1MA7d5z3Z0TytrDbSGdkB-q0kKtU=&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>1 John 5:19</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>We know that we are children of God, and that the </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>whole world is under the control of the evil one.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#403F42'>Jesus is the Light:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oFJGnyLvVxSRoo5XVgeeHDJ5hI0mpWrQZJm0QbmrT0CoJXnwgqSf5I_U9FcTyOuy3MsFSzBew3aF_S3_ScBLiqRC7YtO_P5Bwx_Y-S7caaLI3VV9sExMOl2GJBd9Dbk58GaRQ5fRZhSASvb-fypyXxACOowbXqUtxfp7-ngV_gnYS0pB61BLO_EFhdjak3z2mw0Sr6U2gCWymMfW8rYO_x-DP1uPxwF4&c=FN-KdleXGwUeoBIIYVWj7DGX4OycXJVqOtZRrKg0i17lC9BSnQuIhw==&ch=H9d8vD15LxDEsVYtOJ6hCAdH2beWVnUv6zZbmpYFmmVnkzmMcDqTug==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#48A199'>John 9:5</span></a></span><span style='color:#403F42'> - <i>While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>PS. Some may wonder what I mean when I say that "God answered".</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>Though I believe it is possible, I am not claiming in this instance that </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>God spoke out loud to me. I do think it's possible that He acted to answer</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>me by directly putting the answer in my mind, but I can't be sure of </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>that. However, God did answer me one way or another. If He did not</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>directly put the answer in my mind, it is still the answer that He gave</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>long before I inquired of Him, the answer from His Word. This can be </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>seen by how easily I was able to collect the scriptures to support the </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>answer. Because of this, the importance of being familiar with the Bible </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>should not be underestimated. When you are familiar with His Word, </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>God will answer you even when He does not choose to speak out loud </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#403F42'>to you or put an answer into your mind directly.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'>May God Bless and keep you and don't forget that GOD</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'>LOVES YOU and is WITH YOU ALWAYS!</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:15.0pt;color:#BF3F2F'>Larry</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>NOTE: This letter is sent to anyone interested in receiving these inspirational notes. 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