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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:326.05pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Warren D. Carter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:326.05pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Filipino Fellowship Wien<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:326.05pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>27.Nov.99<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">       </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-align:center'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Real</span></i></b><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Thanksgiving<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:111.15pt;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:180.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>read<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Ps 50:7-15 + 23</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>“O My people, listen as I
speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">  </span>I am God, your God!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>I
have no complaint about your sacrifices or the burnt offerings you constantly
bring to My altar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>But I want no more
bulls from your barns;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>I want no more
goats from your pens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>For all the
animals of the forest are Mine, and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Every bird of the mountains and all the
animals of the field belong to Me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>If I
were hungry, I would not mention it to you,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>for all the world is Mine and everything in it.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>I dont need the bulls you sacrifice;<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>I dont need the blood of goats.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>What I want instead is your true thanks to God</i></b>;<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>I want you to fulfill your vows to the Most
High.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Trust Me in your times of
trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give Me glory.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>But <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors Me.</i></b><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>If you keep to My path, I will reveal to you
the salvation of God.”</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">       </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>So what can we give thanks to
God for here and now?</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">       </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>Probably<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>1000s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>of praise reports and words of thanks could be found today …</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt;text-indent:36.0pt'>but lets
look at just a few simple items that we can all be thankful for:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">       </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>T</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>he<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">  </span>Body<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>of<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Christ</span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">     </span>Rom 1:8-9a+12</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>H</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>appenings/ events/
circumstances<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>in<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>life</span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">     </span>I Thess 5:16-18</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>A</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>nswers<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>prayer</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">     </span>Ps 116:1-2/
91:14-15</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>N</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>ever<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>leaving<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>nor<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>forsaking<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>us</span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">     </span>Heb 13:5/ Deut 31:6+8</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>K</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>indness<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>goodness<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>and<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>mercy<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>God</span><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">     </span>Ps 111:1-10</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>S</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>alvation</span><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">     </span>Eph 2:1-10</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">       </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Thanksgiving 99<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>27.Nov.99<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>T</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>he<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">  </span>Body<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>of<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Christ</span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">     </span>Romans 1:8-9a+12 </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">    </span>Let me say first of all that your faith in God is becoming
known throughout the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>How I
thank God through Jesus Christ for <u>each</u> one of you.</i></b><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>God knows how often I pray for you.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Day and night I bring you and your needs in
prayer to God<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Im eager to encourage you in your faith,
but I also want to be encouraged by yours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>In this way, each of us will be a blessing to the other. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>H</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>appenings/ events/
circumstances<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>in<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>life</span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">     </span>I Thess 5:16-18</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">    </span>Always be joyful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Keep
on praying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>No matter what happens, <u>always</u>
be thankful,</i></b> for this is Gods will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>A</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>nswers<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>prayer</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">     </span>Ps 116:1-2/ 91:14-15</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">    </span>I love the Lord because <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>He hears and answers my prayers.</i></b><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Because He bends down and listens, I will
pray as long as I have breath! </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">    </span>The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love Me.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>I will protect those who trust in My
name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>When they call on Me, I will
answer;</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>I will be with them in
trouble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>I will rescue them and honor
them. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>N</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>ever<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>leaving<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>nor<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>forsaking<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>us</span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">     </span>Hebrews 13:5/ Deut 31:6+8</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">    </span>Stay away from the love of money; be satisfied with what you
have. For God has said,</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>“I will never fail you.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>I will never forsake you.”<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">    </span>Be strong and courageous!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>Do not be afraid!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The Lord your God will go ahead of you.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>He will neither fail you nor forsake you.</i></b><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Do
not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord is the one who goes before you.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>He will be with you;<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>He will neither fail you nor forsake you.</i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>K</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>indness<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>goodness<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>and<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>mercy<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>God</span><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">     </span>Ps 111:1-10</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">    </span>Praise the Lord!</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>I will thank the Lord with all
my heart as I meet with His godly people. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>How <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>amazing are the deeds</i></b> of
the Lord!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>All who delight in Him should
ponder them. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>Everything He does reveals His
<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>glory
and majesty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>His righteousness</i></b>
never fails. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>Who can forget the <b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>wonders</i></b>
He performs?</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>How <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>gracious and merciful</i></b> is
our Lord! </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>He <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>gives food</i></b> to those who
trust Him;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>He <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>always remembers</i></b> His
covenant. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>He has shown His great <b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>power
</i></b>to His people by giving them the lands of other nations. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>All He does is <b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>just
and good</i></b>, and all His commandments are <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>trustworthy.</i></b> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>They are <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>forever true</i></b>, to be
obeyed faithfully and with integrity. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>He has paid a full ransom for
His people.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>He has guaranteed His covenant
with them forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>What a <b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>holy</i></b>,
awe-inspiring name He has! </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>Reverence for the Lord is the
foundation of true wisdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The rewards
of wisdom come to all who obey Him.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">    </span>Praise His name forever!</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>S</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>alvation</span><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">     </span>Eph 2:1-10 </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">    </span>Once you were dead, doomed forever because of your many
sins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>You used to live just like the
rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan, the mighty prince of the power of
the air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>He is the spirit at work in
the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>All of us used to live that way, following the passions and desires of
our evil nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>We were born with an
evil nature, and we were under Gods anger just like everyone else.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>But God is so rich in mercy,
and He loved us so very much, that even while we were dead because of our sins,
He gave us life when He raised Christ from the dead.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">  </span>(It is only by Gods special favor that you have been
saved!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>For He raised us from the dead
along with Christ, and we are seated with Him in the heavenly realms — all
because we are one with Christ Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>And so God can always point to us as examples of the incredible wealth
of His favor and kindness toward us, as shown in all He has done for us through
Christ Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:111.15pt'>God saved you by His special
favor when you believed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>And you cant
take credit for this; it is a gift from God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of
us can boast about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>For we are Gods
masterpiece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>He has created us anew in
Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.</p>
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