We must keep record. We must write. It has been said that the faintest ink is better than the best brain.
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Slavery is not the perfect will of God. Sin brings enslavement. 'for we have been paid with a price'
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God punishes to correct his people. Jeremiah 30:14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
The above verse shows that punishments for sins come as a result of continuous sins, multitude of sin, being a habitual sinner or being stiffed neck.
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Those that God used to punish his people will certainly be punished by God so don't pray or wish to be instrumental to someone else's punishment.
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30:21 ...'and I will cause him to draw near and he shall approach unto me'
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It is the will of God for us to be joyful and not to be in sorrow.
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One major way to determine or ascertain a dream is to consider one's disposition upon waking up.