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If Only You Believe - the Balassi Style

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~If You Only Believe~ (Balassi) Jesus is the only way For salvation any day He can forgive all your sin If only you believe Salvation you'll receive A new life you can begin Jesus can make you brand-new You can give Satan his due And in Jesus' name you can win. Dorian Petersen Potter aka ladydp2000 copyright@2013 December.10.2016 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV) -“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NIV) - Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer Romans 12: 12 ( NIV ) -The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” Exodus 14: 13 ( NIV ) ~Author's Notes: The Balassi Stanza is a form or style attributed to Bálint Balassi (1554-1594) who is probably Hungary's best known Renaissance poet. His work included poetry about his battles with the Turks and his love poems to a woman he called Julia. His poetry was known for the richness of its forms and was a blend of Turkish, Polish and Hungarian folk poetry. This form or style may be presented as a three-line stanza too.

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