The Benediction
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The grace of Christ attend you, the love of God surround you, the Holy Spirit keep you, that you may live in faith, abound in hope, and grow in love, both now and forevermore. Amen.
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The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace; both now and in the life everlasting.
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Please look into each others’ hands.
These are the hands that will give you support as she encourages you to chase down your dreams. Together as a team, everything you wish for can be realized.
God, bless these hands that you see before you this day. May they always be held by one another. Give them the strength to hold on during the storms of stress and the dark of disillusionment. Keep them tender and gentle as they nurture each other in their wondrous love. Help these hands to continue building a relationship
founded in your grace, rich in caring, and devoted in reaching for your perfection. May _____________ and ___________see their four hands as healer, protector, shelter and guide. We ask this in your name, Amen.
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May the Lord bless you and keep you. And may the Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. May God give you His peace in your going out and in your coming in, in your lying down and in your rising up, in your labor and in your leisure, in your laughter and in your tears, until that day when you come to stand before Jesus in that day in which there is no sunset and no dawning.
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May the peace of God swell and roll over you like a wave in the sea. May the peace of God warm you all over like the sun above. May the peace of God fill you like cool wind. May the peace of God surround
you like trees in a forest. May the peace of God be with you.
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May all the blessings attend you, may joy pervade your lives together, may your home be forever a place of peace and true fulfillment.
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I charge you as a Christian man and woman, to invite Jesus Christ to take His rightful place as Lord of your lives, individually and
together. You are not to live selfishly as single persons do, protecting their own rights, making their own plans, but rather the Apostle tells us "Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ," and truly, the more each of you loves Jesus Christ, the richer will be your love for one another. He tells us what that love is like with the words from I Corinthians. 13:4-8 "Love
is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails."
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