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II Chronicles

Cruising Route 66 “Stopping the Revolving Door” The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded. He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he […]

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Ezra

Cruising Route 66 “Repairing the Erosion” This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: “‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build

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Nehemiah

Cruising Route 66 “Real Faith in Action” In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before; so the king asked me, “Why does your face look so

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Esther

Cruising Route 66 “The Sum of Our Parts” This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush: At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa, and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his

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Job

Cruising Route 66 “Living In the Squeeze” In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.  He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five

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Psalms

Cruising Route 66 “Paving the Path to Purity” Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant

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Proverbs

Cruising Route 66 “Controlling the Monster” The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: for gaining wisdom and instruction; for understanding words of insight; for receiving instruction in prudent behavior, doing what is right and just and fair; for giving prudence to those who are simple, knowledge and discretion to the young—let the wise listen and

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Ecclesiastes

Cruising Route 66 “I Can’t Get No – Satisfaction” What does the worker gain from his toil?  I have seen the burden God has laid on men.  He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning

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Song of Solomon

Cruising Route 66 “Love In Action” Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave.  It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.  Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were

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Isaiah

Cruising Route 66 “Israel was holy to the LORD, the first fruits of His harvest; all who devoured her were held guilty, and disaster overtook them,” declares the LORD.  Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, all you clans of the house of Israel.  This is what the LORD says: “What fault

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