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PERSONALIZING ROMANS 8:22-28
Personalize Romans 8:22-28 (The Message), by speaking your name in every blank.
All around ________ he/she observes a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it’s not only around ________; it’s within ________. The Spirit of God is arousing ________ within. ________ is also feeling the birth pangs. These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full deliverance. That is why waiting does not diminish ________, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. ________ is enlarged in the waiting. ________, of course, doesn’t see what is enlarging him/her. But the longer he/she waits, the larger he/she becomes, and the more joyful ________’s expectancy.
LETTING PROVERBS 3:5-6 SINK IN ONE PHRASE AT A TIME
LETTING ROMANS 8:28 SINK IN, ONE PHRASE AT A TIME
- AND WE KNOW that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
- And we know THAT IN ALL THINGS God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
- And we know that in all things GOD works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
- And we know that in all things God WORKS for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
- And we know that in all things God works FOR THE GOOD of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
- And we know that in all things God works for the good OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM, who have been called according to his purpose.
- And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED according to his purpose.
- And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called ACCORDING TO HIS purpose.
- And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his PURPOSE.
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LETTING PHILIPPIANS 4:13 SINK IN, ONE WORD AT A TIME
I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
I CAN do everything through him who gives me strength.
I can DO everything through him who gives me strength.
I can do EVERYTHING through him who gives me strength.
I can do everything THROUGH him who gives me strength.
I can do everything through HIM who gives me strength.
I can do everything through him WHO gives me strength.
I can do everything through him who GIVES me strength.
I can do everything through him who gives ME strength.
I can do everything through him who gives me STRENGTH.
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LETTING JOHN 3:16 SINK IN, ONE WORD AT A TIME
- FOR GOD…
- For God SO LOVED…
- For God so loved THE WORLD…
- For God so loved the world THAT HE GAVE…
- For God so loved the world that he gave HIS ONE AND ONLY SON…
- For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, THAT WHOEVER…
- For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever BELIEVES…
- For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes IN HIM…
- For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,that whoever believes in him SHALL NOT PERISH…
- For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,that whoever believes in him shall not perish BUT HAVE…
- For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have ETERNAL LIFE.
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PERSONALIZING EPHESIANS 6:10-18
Personalize Ephesians 6:10-18 (The Message), by speaking your name in every blank.
God is strong, and he wants __________ strong. So take everything the Master has set out for __________, well-made weapons of the best materials. And put them to use so __________ will be able to stand up to everything the Devil throws his/her way. This is no afternoon athletic contest that we’ll walk away from and forget about in a couple of hours. This is for keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels.
PERSONALIZING THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
Personalize Exodus 20:3-17 (The Message), by speaking your name in every blank.
__________, no other gods, only me.
__________, no carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim. Don’t bow down to them and don’t serve them because I am God, __________’s God, and I’m a most jealous God, punishing the children for any sins their parents pass on to them to the third, and yes, even to the fourth generation of those who hate me. But I’m unswervingly loyal to the thousands who love me and keep my commandments.
__________, no using the name of God, __________’s God, in curses or silly banter; God won’t put up with the irreverent use of his name.
__________, observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Work six days and do everything you need to do. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to God, __________’s God. Don’t do any work—not __________, nor __________’s son, nor __________’s daughter, nor __________’s servant, nor __________’s maid, nor __________’s animals, not even the foreign guest visiting in __________’s town. For in six days God made Heaven, Earth, and sea, and everything in them; he rested on the seventh day. Therefore God blessed the Sabbath day; he set it apart as a holy day.
Honor __________’s father and mother so that __________ will live a long time in the land that God, your God, is giving you.
__________, no murder.
__________, no adultery.
__________, no stealing.
No lies about __________’s neighbor.
No lusting after __________’s neighbor’s house—or wife or servant or maid or ox or donkey. Don’t set __________’s heart on anything that is his/her neighbor’s.
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PERSONALIZING PSALM 51
Personalize Psalm 51 (The Message), by speaking your name in every blank.
Generous in love—God, give grace!
Huge in mercy—wipe out ________’s bad record.
Scrub away ________’s guilt,
soak out ________’s sins in your laundry.
________ knows how bad he/she has been;
________’s sins are staring him/her down.
