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A friend of mine who posted daily scriptures left Facebook as of yesterday. I am going to try to take up his mantle.
\n———-
\nForget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland\u201d (Isaiah 43:18-19<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\nThe new way is Christ Jesus. How will you let him into your heart in 2018? Don’t dwell on what had happened. Focus on the new and through him nothing is impossible.<\/p>\n

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\n#<\/span>1of366<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0#<\/span>SolsThoughts<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0#<\/span>FaithJourney<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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