One Lord, one faith, one baptism." Paul doesn't tell you to manufacture unity. He tells you it already exists. That…One Lord, one faith, one baptism." Paul doesn't tell you to manufacture unity. He tells you it already exists. That believer whose opinions grate on you went into the same water and came up belonging to the same Lord. You did not choose each other. He chose you both. Now learn to live like it.
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Daily curiosity · Wednesday, September 2
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Why did God tell Gideon his army of 32,000 men was too big?
The answer is in Judges 7:2 ↓
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Two gold rings. That's all. But without them the breastplate carrying Israel's twelve names would slip off the priest's chest.…Two gold rings. That's all. But without them the breastplate carrying Israel's twelve names would slip off the priest's chest. God gave instructions even for the fasteners, because He meant those names to stay over the heart. Whatever small, unnoticed thing keeps you near Him today, don't despise it.
Thank You that Joshua stood before the angel "clothed with filthy garments" and was not driven away. You see every…Thank You that Joshua stood before the angel "clothed with filthy garments" and was not driven away. You see every stain I try to hide, and still You let me stand in Your presence. Thank You for not waiting until I was clean to receive me.
Father, I've been holding myself together so long I forgot what it feels like to be held. Comfort me the…Father, I've been holding myself together so long I forgot what it feels like to be held. Comfort me the way a mother steadies a crying child, close and unhurried. I don't need answers tonight. I just need to know you're near.
To the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ."…To the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ."
Paul doesn't say we should give praise. He says we should be praise. Your rescued life, the way you forgive now, the way you keep hoping when nothing has changed yet, that itself is the song. Someone is reading you today.
Boaz announces it in front of the whole town: he takes Ruth "to raise up the name of the dead…Boaz announces it in front of the whole town: he takes Ruth "to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance." The child would legally carry Mahlon's name, not his. He spends his money and his future on a man who can never thank him. And God wrote Boaz into Jesus' family line anyway. What you give away without credit, God remembers.
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