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"And the Lord said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.” Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.” Again he spoke to him and said, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.” Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.” He said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.” Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.””- ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭18‬:‭26‬-‭32‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”” - Genesis‬ ‭18‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭ESV‬‬

ALC Recommends: One Year Bible Plan“So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord. Then Abraham drew near and said, “Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?”- ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭18‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.” ‭‭- Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭ESV‬‬“Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine.” - Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭NLT‬‬“Glorify God with all your wealth, honoring him with your firstfruits, with every increase that comes to you. Then every dimension of your life will overflow with blessings from an uncontainable source of inner joy!”- ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭TPT‬‬

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“Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech.” So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.”- Genesis‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬-‭9‬ ‭ESV

“Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.” And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.” Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?” And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground. And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”- ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬-‭12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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“Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord, would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices. For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them; but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.”- ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭1‬:‭29‬-‭33‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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“I, Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, say this to you: Instead of having days of fasting in the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months, the people of Judah are to have cheerful, joy-filled festivals. Simply live together peacefully and love truth.”- ‭‭Zechariah‬ ‭8‬:‭19‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: The traditional fasts and times of mourning you have kept in early summer, midsummer, autumn, and winter are now ended. They will become festivals of joy and celebration for the people of Judah. So love truth and peace.”- ‭‭Zechariah‬ ‭8‬:‭19‬ ‭NLT‬‬

ALC Recommends: ALC Nights of Encounter - The One Year Bible 2026 -https://bible.com/reading-plans/60/together/77662867/invitation?token=DhvETVEWu0hjPlb33xrAYg&source=share“Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Judah seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts. Therefore, love truth and peace.”- ‭‭Zechariah‬ ‭8‬:‭19‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.”- ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭25‬:‭28‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“...and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”- ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭2‬:‭15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“They conquered him completely through the blood of the Lamb and the powerful word of his testimony. They triumphed because they did not love and cling to their own lives, even when faced with death.”- ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12‬:‭11‬ ‭TPT

“And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.”- ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12‬:‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

ALC Recommends: The Ya'll Version Bible“And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did not love and cling to life even when faced with death [holding their lives cheap till they had to die for their witnessing].”- ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12‬:‭11‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die: Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.” ‭‭- Proverbs‬ ‭30‬:‭7‬-‭9‬ ‭ESV‬‬‬‬

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“The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”- Luke‬ ‭10‬:‭17‬-‭20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.”- ‭‭John‬ ‭16‬:‭20‬-‭24‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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“A heart full of joy and goodness makes a cheerful face, But when a heart is full of sadness the spirit is crushed.”- ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭15‬:‭13‬ ‭AMP‬‬

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“For my brothers and companions' sake I will say, “Peace be within you!” For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.”- ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭122‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!”‭‭- Psalm‬ ‭122‬:‭7‬ ‭ESV

ALC Recommends: Follow Pastor Jared on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok to listen to his worship guitar videos! “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you!”- ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭122‬:‭6‬ ‭ESV‬‬‬“But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,”- ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12‬:‭22‬ ‭ESV

“A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.” ‭‭- Proverbs‬ ‭28‬:‭22‬ ‭ESV‬‬“Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.” - ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭28‬:‭22‬ ‭YLT98‬‬

“At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”‭‭- Daniel‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty-two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler—the Anointed One—comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times. “After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end.”- ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭9‬:‭25‬-‭26‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“As my vision continued that night, I saw someone like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient One and was led into his presence. He was given authority, honor, and sovereignty over all the nations of the world, so that people of every race and nation and language would obey him. His rule is eternal—it will never end. His kingdom will never be destroyed.”‭‭- Daniel‬ ‭7‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭NLT‬‬

ALC Recommends: Join us for Advent“During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. It will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, and it will stand forever. That is the meaning of the rock cut from the mountain, though not by human hands, that crushed to pieces the statue of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God was showing the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its meaning is certain.”- ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭2‬:‭44‬-‭45‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“Those who trust their own insight are foolish, but anyone who walks in wisdom is safe.”- Proverbs‬ ‭28‬:‭26‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.” - ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭9‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us success!”- ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭118‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.”‭‭- Psalm‬ ‭118‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭ESV‬‬‬

“I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.”- ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭118‬:‭21‬ ‭ESV

“The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.”- ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭28‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV‬

abundant.us/giveMission Trip Results: 73 Salvations38 Physical healings455 healed of chickungunya symptoms78 called to ministry136 street salvation“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”‭‭- Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭14‬-‭15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.”- Psalm‬ ‭112‬:‭9‬ ‭ESV

“It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice. He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.” - Psalm‬ ‭112‬:‭5‬, ‭7‬ ‭ESV‬‬