ACTS

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• ACTS
• 134-12

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• May 21, Thursday
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  We are studying through the book of Ephesians

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• PAUL BLINDS BAR-JESUS
• Acts 134-12

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Phoenicia
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Phoenicia
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• So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went
  down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to
  Cyprus.
• (Acts 134 NASB)

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• "Compared with this voyage the results and
  consequences of the voyages of Columbus, Vasco de
  Gamma, Magellan, and the Vikings were of little
  consequence for this was the commencement of the
  Christian odyssey. For the gospel had been
  preached in Judea and Samaria and now it's to be
  proclaimed in the uttermost part of the earth.
  More than any ship that ever cleft the waves with
  its prow that failed craft bound for the shores
  of Cyprus carried with it a man and an idea,
  which were to affect the destinies of the human
  race."

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• So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went
  down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to
  Cyprus.
• (Acts 134 NASB)

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• So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went
  down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to
  Cyprus.
• (Acts 134 NASB)

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Seleucia
Phoenicia
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• So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went
  down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to
  Cyprus.
• (Acts 134 NASB)

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Cyprus
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• So then those who were scattered because of the
  persecution that arose in connection with Stephen
  made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and
  Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to
  Jews alone. (Acts 1119 NASB)

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• Then it will happen on that day that the Lord
  Will again recover the second time with His hand
  The remnant of His people, who will remain, From
  Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar,
  Hamath, And from the islands of the sea. 12 And
  He will lift up a standard for the nations, And
  will assemble the banished ones of Israel, And
  will gather the dispersed of Judah From the four
  corners of the earth.
• (Isaiah 1111-12 NASB)

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• Then it will happen on that day that the Lord
  Will again recover the second time with His hand
  The remnant of His people, who will remain, From
  Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar,
  Hamath, And from the islands of the sea. 12 And
  He will lift up a standard for the nations, And
  will assemble the banished ones of Israel, And
  will gather the dispersed of Judah From the four
  corners of the earth.
• (Isaiah 1111-12 NASB)

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• And when they reached Salamis, they began to
  proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the
  Jews and they also had John as their helper.
  (Acts 135 NASB)

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• And when they reached Salamis, they began to
  proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the
  Jews and they also had John as their helper.
  (Acts 135 NASB)

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• And when they reached Salamis, they began to
  proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the
  Jews and they also had John as their helper.
  (Acts 135 NASB)

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And when they reached Salamis, they began to
proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the
Jews and they also had John as their helper.
(Acts 135 NASB)
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• For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the
  power of God for salvation to everyone who
  believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
  (Romans 116 NASB)

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• And when they reached Salamis, they began to
  proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the
  Jews and they also had John as their helper.
  (Acts 135 NASB)

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And when they had gone through the whole island
as far as Paphos, they found a certain magician,
a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,
(Acts 136 NASB)
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And when they had gone through the whole island
as far as Paphos, they found a certain magician,
a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,
(Acts 136 NASB)
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• And Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are
  you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did
  not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in
  heaven.
• (Matthew 1617 NASB)

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• And Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are
  you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did
  not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in
  heaven.
• (Matthew 1617 NASB)

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• And when they had gone through the whole island
  as far as Paphos, they found a certain magician,
  a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,
  
• (Acts 136 NASB)

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• And when they had gone through the whole island
  as far as Paphos, they found a certain magician,
  a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,
  
• (Acts 136 NASB)

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• And when they had gone through the whole island
  as far as Paphos, they found a certain magician,
  a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,
  
• (Acts 136 NASB)

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• And when they had gone through the whole island
  as far as Paphos, they found a certain magician,
  a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,
  
• (Acts 136 NASB)

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• "If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among
  you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 and the
  sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which
  he spoke to you, saying, 'Let us go after other
  gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve
  them,' 3 you shall not listen to the words of
  that prophet or that dreamer of dreams for the
  LORD your God is testing you to find out if

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• you love the LORD your God with all your heart
  and with all your soul. 4 "You shall follow the
  LORD your God and fear Him and you shall keep
  His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him,
  and cling to Him. 5 "But that prophet or that
  dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because
  he has counseled rebellion against the LORD your
  God who brought you from the land of Egypt

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• and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to
  seduce you from the way in which the LORD your
  God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the
  evil from among you. (Deuteronomy 131-5 NASB)

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• Bar-Jesus, who was with the proconsul, Sergius
  Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned
  Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of
  God.
• (Acts 137 NASB)

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• Bar-Jesus, who was with the proconsul, Sergius
  Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned
  Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of
  God.
• (Acts 137 NASB)

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• Bar-Jesus, who was with the proconsul, Sergius
  Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned
  Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of
  God.
• (Acts 137 NASB)

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• Bar-Jesus, who was with the proconsul, Sergius
  Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned
  Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of
  God.
• (Acts 137 NASB)

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• Bar-Jesus, who was with the proconsul, Sergius
  Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned
  Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of
  God.
• (Acts 137 NASB)

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• Bar-Jesus, who was with the proconsul, Sergius
  Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned
  Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of
  God.
• (Acts 137 NASB)

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• But Elymas the magician (for thus his name is
  translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn
  the proconsul away from the faith.
• (Acts 138 NASB)

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• "Moses said, 'THE LORD GOD SHALL RAISE UP FOR YOU
  A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN TO HIM YOU
  SHALL GIVE HEED in everything He says to you. 23
  'And it shall be that every soul that does not
  heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from
  among the people.' (Acts 322-23 NASB)

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• "Moses said, 'THE LORD GOD SHALL RAISE UP FOR YOU
  A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN TO HIM YOU
  SHALL GIVE HEED in everything He says to you. 23
  'And it shall be that every soul that does not
  heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from
  among the people.' (Acts 322-23 NASB)

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• "Moses said, 'THE LORD GOD SHALL RAISE UP FOR YOU
  A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN TO HIM YOU
  SHALL GIVE HEED in everything He says to you. 23
  'And it shall be that every soul that does not
  heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from
  among the people.' (Acts 322-23 NASB)

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• "Moses said, 'THE LORD GOD SHALL RAISE UP FOR YOU
  A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN TO HIM YOU
  SHALL GIVE HEED in everything He says to you. 23
  'And it shall be that every soul that does not
  heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from
  among the people.' (Acts 322-23 NASB)

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• But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with
  the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze upon him, 10 and
  said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud,
  you son of the devil, you enemy of all
  righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked
  the straight ways of the Lord?
• (Acts 139-10 NASB)

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• But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with
  the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze upon him, 10 and
  said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud,
  you son of the devil, you enemy of all
  righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked
  the straight ways of the Lord?
• (Acts 139-10 NASB)

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• But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with
  the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze upon him, 10 and
  said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud,
  you son of the devil, you enemy of all
  righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked
  the straight ways of the Lord?
• (Acts 139-10 NASB)

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• But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with
  the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze upon him, 10 and
  said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud,
  you son of the devil, you enemy of all
  righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked
  the straight ways of the Lord?
• (Acts 139-10 NASB)

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• But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with
  the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze upon him, 10 and
  said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud,
  you son of the devil, you enemy of all
  righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked
  the straight ways of the Lord?
• (Acts 139-10 NASB)

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• But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with
  the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze upon him, 10 and
  said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud,
  you son of the devil, you enemy of all
  righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked
  the straight ways of the Lord?
• (Acts 139-10 NASB)

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• But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with
  the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze upon him, 10 and
  said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud,
  you son of the devil, you enemy of all
  righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked
  the straight ways of the Lord?
• (Acts 139-10 NASB)

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• Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from
  Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia and John
  left them and returned to Jerusalem. (Acts
  1313 NASB)
• And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem
  when they had fulfilled their mission, taking
  along with them John, who was also called Mark.
  (Acts 1225 NASB)

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• But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with
  the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze upon him, 10 and
  said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud,
  you son of the devil, you enemy of all
  righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked
  the straight ways of the Lord?
• (Acts 139-10 NASB)

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• "And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon
  you, and you will be blind and not see the sun
  for a time." And immediately a mist and a
  darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking
  those who would lead him by the hand.
• (Acts 1311 NASB)

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• "And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon
  you, and you will be blind and not see the sun
  for a time." And immediately a mist and a
  darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking
  those who would lead him by the hand.
• (Acts 1311 NASB)

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• "And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon
  you, and you will be blind and not see the sun
  for a time." And immediately a mist and a
  darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking
  those who would lead him by the hand.
• (Acts 1311 NASB)

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• "And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon
  you, and you will be blind and not see the sun
  for a time." And immediately a mist and a
  darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking
  those who would lead him by the hand.
• (Acts 1311 NASB)

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• "And Paul by a word striking him blind, who was
  with the proconsul, Sergius Paul, by anguish
  converted him to godliness." Com. in Exod., vol.
  i. p. 117, edit. de la Rue, Par. 1733.
• Origen

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• Then the proconsul believed when he saw what had
  happened, being amazed at the teaching of the
  Lord. (Acts 1312 NASB)

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• Then the proconsul believed when he saw what had
  happened, being amazed at the teaching of the
  Lord. (Acts 1312 NASB)

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• Then the deputy, when he saw what was done,
  what's the next word, believed! You say oh it
  doesn't say he was saved. You can believe and
  not be saved. That's right. You could.
• John MacArthur

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• "Of Him all the prophets bear witness that
  through His name everyone who believes in Him
  receives forgiveness of sins."
• (Acts 1043 NASB)

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• For as through the one man's disobedience the
  many were made sinners, even so through the
  obedience of the One the many will be made
  righteous.
• (Romans 519 NASB)

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• FAITH IS
• UNDERSTANDING AND ASSENT TO A PROPOSITION.

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• yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did
  not waver in unbelief, but grew strong in faith,
  giving glory to God, 21 and being fully assured
  that what He had promised, He was able also to
  perform.
• (Romans 420-21 NASB)

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• "Of Him all the prophets bear witness that
  through His name everyone who believes in Him
  receives forgiveness of sins."
• (Acts 1043 NASB)

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• Why is this event, with Bar-Jesus and Sergius
  Paulus, selected out of the ministry at Cyprus
  and recorded for us as the one significant
  occurrence of that ministry?
• Saul

Paul
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• Why is this event, with Bar-Jesus and Sergius
  Paulus, selected out of the ministry at Cyprus
  and recorded for us as the one significant
  occurrence of that ministry?

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• Why is this event, with Bar-Jesus and Sergius
  Paulus, selected out of the ministry at Cyprus
  and recorded for us as the one significant
  occurrence of that ministry?

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• Why is this event, with Bar-Jesus and Sergius
  Paulus, selected out of the ministry at Cyprus
  and recorded for us as the one significant
  occurrence of that ministry?
• Why was his name changed to Paul?

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• Bar-Jesus, who was with the proconsul, Sergius
  Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned
  Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of
  God.
• (Acts 137 NASB)
• But Saul, who was also known as Paul
• (Acts 137 NASB)

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• "Compared with this voyage the results and
  consequences of the voyages of Columbus, Vasco de
  Gamma, Magellan, and the Vikings were of little
  consequence for this was the commencement of the
  Christian odyssey.

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• Then he brought me back to the door of the house
  and behold, water was flowing from under the
  threshold of the house toward the east, for the
  house faced east. And the water was flowing down
  from under, from the right side of the house,
  from south of the altar.
• (Ezekiel 471 NASB)

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• "And it will come about that every living
  creature which swarms in every place where the
  river goes, will live. And there will be very
  many fish, for these waters go there, and the
  others become fresh so everything will live
  where the river goes. (Ezekiel 479 NASB)

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• "And it will come about that every living
  creature which swarms in every place where the
  river goes, will live. And there will be very
  many fish, for these waters go there, and the
  others become fresh so everything will live
  where the river goes. (Ezekiel 479 NASB)

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• And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come." And let
  the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one
  who is thirsty come let the one who wishes take
  the water of life without cost. (Revelation
  2217 NASB)

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• And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come." And let
  the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one
  who is thirsty come let the one who wishes take
  the water of life without cost. (Revelation
  2217 NASB)

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• QUESTIONS?

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IN CHRIST ALONE

• In Christ alone my hope is foundHe is my light,
  my strength, my songThis cornerstone, this solid
  groundFirm through the fiercest
• Drought and storm

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• What heights of love, what depths of peaceWhen
  fears are stilled,
• When strivings ceaseMy comforter, my all in
  allHere in the love of Christ I stand.

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• In Christ alone, who took on fleshFullness of
  God in helpless BabeThis gift of love and
  righteousnessScorned by the ones He came to save
• 'Til on the cross as Jesus diedThe wrath of God
  was satisfiedFor ev'ry sin on Him was laidHere
  in the death of Christ I live

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• There in the ground His body layLight of the
  world by darkness slainThen, bursting forth in
  glorious dayUp from the grave He rose again
• And as He stands in victorySin's curse has lost
  it's grip on meFor I am His and He is
  mineBought with the precious blood of Christ

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• No guilt in life, no fear in deathThis is power
  of Christ in meFrom life's first cry to final
  breathJesus commands my destiny
• No pow'r of hell, no scheme of manCan ever
  pluck me from His handUntil the day He calls me
  homeHere in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand

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GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

• Great is thy faithfulness,
• O God my Father
• There is no shadow of turning with Thee Thou
  changest not,
• Thy compassions, they fail not
• as Thou hast been thou forever wilt be.

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• Great is thy faithfulness!
• Great is thy faithfulness!
• Morning by morning new mercies I see all I have
  needed thy hand hath provided
• Great is thy faithfulness,
• Lord, unto me!

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• Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, Thine
  own dear presence
• To cheer and to guide,
• Strength for today
• And bright hope for tomorrow,
• Blessings all mine,
• With ten thousand beside!

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• Great is thy faithfulness!
• Great is thy faithfulness!
• Morning by morning new mercies I see all I have
  needed
• thy hand hath provided
• Great is thy faithfulness,
• Lord, unto me!