Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that worketh in us,
unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus
throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

— Ephesians 3:20-21

Nothing succeeds like excess.…

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee,
and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee;
and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious,
and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

— Exodus 33:19

I can still hear that big inboard motor murmur in the sky-blue waters of northern Minnesota: lub-dub-dub-dub-dub.

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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure,
then peaceable, gentle, wiling to yield,
full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality and without hypocrisy.

— James 3:17

We have this friend who loves to help people. He’s a constant volunteer. He doesn’t just attend meetings.

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A man that hath friends
must shew himself friendly:
and there is a friend
that sticketh closer than a brother.

                              — Proverbs 18:24

My old school chum John is one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. As a child and a teenager, he had a lot of success in school,

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Thy words have upholden him that was falling,
and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

— Job 4:4

A man in town has an interesting claim to fame. He once fell out of an airplane and plunged down through the air 22,000 feet . . . and (duh!) lived to tell about it.

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