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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