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Creating to Heal: 7 Days of Healing Through Art & Prayer

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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt&#8212;darkness that can be felt.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.10.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, &#8220;Go, worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.10.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But Moses said, &#8220;You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshiping the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.10.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hardened Pharaoh&#8217;s heart, and he was not willing to let them go. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Pharaoh said to Moses, &#8220;Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face you will die.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.10.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Just as you say,&#8221; Moses replied. &#8220;I will never appear before you again.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch11" data-usfm="EXO.11.1+EXO.11.2+EXO.11.3+EXO.11.4+EXO.11.5+EXO.11.6+EXO.11.7+EXO.11.8+EXO.11.9+EXO.11.10">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said to Moses, &#8220;I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">(The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh&#8217;s officials and by the people.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So Moses said, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt&#8212;worse than there has ever been or ever will be again. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.&#8217; Then you will know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, &#8216;Go, you and all the people who follow you!&#8217; After that I will leave.&#8221; Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said to Moses, &#8220;Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you&#8212;so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hardened Pharaoh&#8217;s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">On the third day a man arrived from Saul&#8217;s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where have you come from?&#8221; David asked him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;I have escaped from the Israelite camp.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;What happened?&#8221; David asked. &#8220;Tell me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"><span class="content">&#8220;The men fled from the battle,&#8221; he replied. &#8220;Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, &#8220;How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,&#8221; the young man said, &#8220;and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, &#8216;What can I do?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;He asked me, &#8216;Who are you?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;An Amalekite,&#8217; I answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then he said to me, &#8216;Stand here by me and kill me! I&#8217;m in the throes of death, but I&#8217;m still alive.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">David said to the young man who brought him the report, &#8220;Where are you from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite,&#8221; he answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">David asked him, &#8220;Why weren&#8217;t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then David called one of his men and said, &#8220;Go, strike him down!&#8221; So he struck him down, and he died. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For David had said to him, &#8220;Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, &#8216;I killed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch34" data-usfm="JOB.34.21+JOB.34.22+JOB.34.23+JOB.34.24+JOB.34.25+JOB.34.26+JOB.34.27+JOB.34.28+JOB.34.29+JOB.34.30+JOB.34.31+JOB.34.32+JOB.34.33+JOB.34.34+JOB.34.35+JOB.34.36+JOB.34.37">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;His eyes are on the ways of mortals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="content">he sees their every step.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">There is no deep shadow, no utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="content">where evildoers can hide.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">God has no need to examine people further,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="content">that they should come before him for judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Without inquiry he shatters the mighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="content">and sets up others in their place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Because he takes note of their deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="content">he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He punishes them for their wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="content">where everyone can see them,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">because they turned from following him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="content">and had no regard for any of his ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They caused the cry of the poor to come before him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="content">so that he heard the cry of the needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But if he remains silent, who can condemn him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">If he hides his face, who can see him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">Yet he is over individual and nation alike,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">to keep the godless from ruling,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="content">from laying snares for the people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose someone says to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="content">&#8216;I am guilty but will offend no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Teach me what I cannot see;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="content">if I have done wrong, I will not do so again.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Should God then reward you on your terms,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">when you refuse to repent?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">You must decide, not I;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">so tell me what you know.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Men of understanding declare,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="content">wise men who hear me say to me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8216;Job speaks without knowledge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="content">his words lack insight.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Oh, that Job might be tested to the utmost</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="content">for answering like a wicked man!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">To his sin he adds rebellion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="content">scornfully he claps his hands among us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="content">and multiplies his words against God.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch11" data-usfm="DAN.11.36+DAN.11.37+DAN.11.38+DAN.11.39+DAN.11.40+DAN.11.41+DAN.11.42+DAN.11.43+DAN.11.44+DAN.11.45">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="DAN.11.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">&#8220;The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="DAN.11.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">He will show no regard for the gods of his ancestors or for the one desired by women, nor will he regard any god, but will exalt himself above them all. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="DAN.11.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Instead of them, he will honor a god of fortresses; a god unknown to his ancestors he will honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="DAN.11.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He will attack the mightiest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him. He will make them rulers over many people and will distribute the land at a price.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:39 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">land for a reward</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="DAN.11.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="DAN.11.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">&#8220;At the time of the end the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="DAN.11.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">He will also invade the Beautiful Land. Many countries will fall, but Edom, Moab and the leaders of Ammon will be delivered from his hand. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="DAN.11.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">He will extend his power over many countries; Egypt will not escape. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="DAN.11.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and all the riches of Egypt, with the Libyans and Cushites</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:43 </span><span class="ft">That is, people from the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> in submission. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="DAN.11.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">But reports from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will set out in a great rage to destroy and annihilate many. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="DAN.11.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">He will pitch his royal tents between the seas at</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:45 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the sea and</span></span></span><span class="content"> the beautiful holy mountain. Yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.7.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:31 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Ten Cities</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.7.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.7.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.7.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man&#8217;s ears. Then he spit and touched the man&#8217;s tongue. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.7.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, </span><span class="tl"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Ephphatha!&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> (which means </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Be opened!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">). </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.7.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">At this, the man&#8217;s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.7.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.7.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.7.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">People were overwhelmed with amazement. &#8220;He has done everything well,&#8221; they said. &#8220;He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CO.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CO.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CO.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CO.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CO.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CO.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For we live by faith, not by sight. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CO.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.</span></span></div>
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