You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil." Notice the labor…You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil." Notice the labor still happens. The sweat is real, the harvest is real, only the enjoyment goes missing. That is what dishonest scales cost a person: a full life you never get to taste. Where are you working hard and tasting nothing?
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Lord, I see how easily the real thing gets nudged aside to make room for something shinier. Keep me from…Lord, I see how easily the real thing gets nudged aside to make room for something shinier. Keep me from quietly moving You off center in my life. Whatever I've pushed to the edges to please someone else, help me bring it back.
For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn't receive?" Paul asks the Corinthians this while…For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn't receive?" Paul asks the Corinthians this while they are busy ranking their favorite teachers. Notice he never says the gifts aren't real. He just asks where they came from. Your quick mind, your strong body, your faith itself, all handed to you. So what is left to boast about, except the Giver?
Thank You for taking sin seriously, for refusing to shrug at the horror of Gibeah or at the corruption in…Thank You for taking sin seriously, for refusing to shrug at the horror of Gibeah or at the corruption in me. You remember iniquity and You punish sin, and You bore that punishment Yourself in Jesus, so my guilt is answered rather than ignored.
Notice what the accusation is really for. Sanballat spreads a rumor that Nehemiah wants to be king, then adds, "Come…Notice what the accusation is really for. Sanballat spreads a rumor that Nehemiah wants to be king, then adds, "Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together." The lie exists to get him down off the wall, into a meeting, away from the work.
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