Faith, Folklore, and Friends

  Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that  was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom,  and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.   And every creature which is in heaven, and on the  earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the  sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto  him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb  for ever and ever. Revelation 5:12-13

But thou, O LORD , art a shield for me; my glory , and the lifter of mine head. ~Psalm 3:3

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom .  We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit. ~2 Corinthians 3:17-18

I pray that out of His glorious riches  He may strengthen you with power  through His Spirit in your inner being,     so that Christ may dwell in your hearts  through faith.  And I pray that you, being rooted  and established in love,     may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people,  to grasp how wide and long and high and deep  is the love of Christ,     and to know this love that surpasses knowledge —that you may be filled  to the measure of all the fullness of God.   Now to Him who is able  to do immeasurably more than all we ask  or imagine, according to His power  that is at work within us,     to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.                                              ...