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One that has become precious to me is Matthew 27:25, “And
             all the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on
             our children!”   You know what they meant when they said,
             “His  blood  be  on  us  and  our  children.”    I  pray  that  for  my
             family.  I ask the Lord to put His blood on me and my family.
             God will always get praise.  Nobody can stop Him.

             Romans 11:36, “For from Him and through Him and to Him are
             all things.  To Him be the glory forever.  Amen”  So, God works
             and  controls  everything  in  the  universe  for  redemptive
             purposes.  What I mean by that is that God will get the glory,
             even if I don’t want to give it to Him and even from rebellious
             people and even from Satan.  Angels give Him glory.  Every
             circumstance and every storm, everything, gives Him glory and
             it’s all redemptive.


             When there is a calamity in the world, somebody will seek the
             Lord.  Everything that happens is redemptive.  God gets glory
             from the wicked and the unwilling but in a special way He gets
             glory if we cooperate with Him.  John 15:4&5, “Abide in Me,
             and I in you.  As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it
             abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
             I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I
             in  him,  he  bears  much  fruit;  for  apart  from  Me  you  can  do
             nothing.”  John 15:8, “By this is My Father glorified, that you
             bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.”   He said that
             His Father was glorified if you bring forth much fruit.

             He gets glory because He is sovereign but He gets a special
             glory if we agree with Him and work with Him.  Matthew 5:16,
             “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may
             see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”
             Others see your fruit and they glorify your Father.

             Galatians 1:15&16, “But when He who had set me apart, even
             from my mother’s womb, and called me through His grace, was
             pleased to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among
             the  Gentiles,  I  did  not  immediately  consult  with  flesh  and
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