HEBREWS 2: 1-4

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,  how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

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Oh Lord, my God, thank you for the written Word of God preserved for us down through the ages and still available to any and all who love You and who truly seek to know You. The world around us seems so directionless, Oh Lord, like “sheep without a shepherd.” Many simply wander about aimlessly without You, content to follow the herd, or the flock, to eternal destruction.  Others willfully and rebelliously refuse to be led by You, seeking first their own self-willed wants, desires, and ambitions.  But Lord, may I be numbered among the remnant, among the faithful children of God, among those who believe that You are, and that You are a rewarder of those that seek you. May your Holy Spirit strengthen my weaknesses and help me to love, feed on, and cling to your precious and holy, divinely inspired, complete and confirmed, written word… that historical text we refer to as the New Testament.

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