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All Scripture verses, unless otherwise noted, are from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® published by Zondervan, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, USA.  Used by permission.  All rights reserved worldwide.

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Scriptures marked KJV are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, KING JAMES VERSION, Cambridge Edition 1769.  Published by Cambridge University Press.  All rights are vested in the British Crown and administered by Cambridge University Press.  Reproduced by permission of the Crown’s patentee, Cambridge University Press.

Scripture marked NASB or NASB 1995 are taken from the New American Standard Bible^®.  Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.  Used by permission. www.Lockman.org.

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Scriptures marked NKJV are taken from the NEW KING JAMES VERSION®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scriptures marked NLT are taken from the NEW LIVING TRANSLATION BIBLE, Copyright© 1996, 2004, 2015, 2018 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188, USA. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked NLV are taken from the New Life Version, Copyright© 1969 and 2003. Used by permission of Barbour Publishing, Inc., Uhrichsville, Ohio, 44683, USA. All rights reserved.

Scriptures marked NRSVUE are taken from the NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION, UPDATED EDITION BIBLE, copyright © 2021 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Scriptures marked RVA1995 and RVR1995 are taken from Reina-Valera 1995 (RVR1995). Texto bíblico: Reina-Valera 95 ^® © Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas,1995. Reina-Valera 95 ® es una marca registrada de Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas y puede ser usada solo bajo licencia. Reina-Valera 95 ® is a registered trademark of United Bible Societies and may be used only under license.  Used with permission.  Published by United Bible Societies.  American Bible Society 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106, USA.

Scriptures marked RVA2015 are taken from the BIBLIA REINA-VALERA ACTUALIZADA 1989,1999, 2006, 2015 © Copyright. Usada con permiso (Used with permission). Published by Editorial Mundo Hispano, 130 Montoya Road, El Paso, TX 79932, USA. www.editorialmh.org.

Scriptures marked RVC are taken from the BIBLIA REINA-VALERA CONTEMPORÁNEA 2009, 2011® ©. Texto bíblico: Reina Valera Contemporánea, Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas 2009, 2011® ©. Copyright. Usada con permiso (Used with permission). Reina Valera Contemporánea® es una marca registrada de Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas y puede ser usada solo bajo licencia (Reina Valera Contemporánea® is a registered trademark of United Bible Societies and may be used only under license). Published by United Bible Societies. American Bible Society 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106, USA.

Scriptures Marked RSV are taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2^nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.  Used by permission.  All rights reserved.

 “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” by Charles Wesley.  1739. Public Domain. UM Hymnal 302.

“How Great Thou Art” Words: Stuart K. Hine; Music: Swedish folk melody/adapt. and arr. Stuart K. Hine © Copyright 1949, 1953 and this arr. © Copyright  2026 The Stuart Hine Trust CIO. All rights in the USA its territories and possessions, except print rights, administered by Capitol CMG Publishing. USA, North and Central American print rights and all Canadian and South American rights administered by Hope Publishing Company. All other North and Central American rights administered by The Stuart Hine Trust CIO. Rest of the world rights administered by Integrity Music Europe. All rights reserved.  Used by permission.

“It Was Enough” by Nancy Ebersole.  1990 © Copyright.  Used by permission.

“Mother Teresa – A Simple Path” by Mother Teresa, compiled by Lucinda Vardey.  Mother Teresa © Copyright 1995.  Published by Ballentine Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 1745 Broadway, New York, New York 10019, USA.  Page xxxix (page facing xxxviii).  Used by permission under the realm of “fair use”.

“Mr Jones, Meet the Master: Sermons & Prayers of Peter Marshall”, Author Peter Marshall, 1949; edited by Catherine Marshall and reprinted in 1982 by Fleming H Revell Company, Baker Publishing Group; 2018 edition by Wildside Press LLC.

“Once For All” by Nancy Ebersole.  1987 © Copyright.  Used by permission.

“The Greatest Story Ever Told” by Bear Grylls. 2025 © Copyright.  Published by Hodder Faith a division of Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, United Kingdom. Permission not required for use of Title. Public Domain.

“The Valley of Dry Bones” by Dennis Stevenson.  1995 © Copyright.  Used by permission.

“The Word of the Lord” by Dennis Stevenson. 1992 © Copyright, revised 2024 © Copyright. Used by permission.

“We Offer Thanks” by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).  Date unknown.  Public Domain.  Republished in “We Thank Thee” by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1955 by Whitman Publishing, Racine, Wisconsin, USA.