While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, 'Your daughter is dead. Why bother the…While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, 'Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?'" They weren't being cruel. They simply thought they knew where Jesus' power stopped. And Jairus had waited while Jesus paused for someone else. What have you quietly stopped asking for?
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Daily curiosity · Sunday, October 4
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Why are birds God's sermon against worry?
The answer is in Matthew 6:26 ↓
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Father, I've poured years into work I can't hold on to, and I don't know whose hands it lands in.…Father, I've poured years into work I can't hold on to, and I don't know whose hands it lands in. Teach me to loosen my grip. Let me build carefully, give it away freely, and trust that nothing offered to you is wasted.
He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light." Notice the verb. Not abandoned…He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light." Notice the verb. Not abandoned in the dark, led there. The hand he blames is still the hand holding his. Twenty verses later this same man says God's mercies are new every morning. He got there by walking, not by waiting for the lights to come on.
Thank You that when the satraps, the governors, the judges, and all the rulers of the provinces stood before the…Thank You that when the satraps, the governors, the judges, and all the rulers of the provinces stood before the image Nebuchadnezzar had set up, You were still the only One worth standing before. Thank You for the courage You give when the whole crowd bows and I must not.
Ten times better than every wise man in Babylon. Daniel studied the king's books, lived in the king's palace, carried…Ten times better than every wise man in Babylon. Daniel studied the king's books, lived in the king's palace, carried a Babylonian name, and still the wisdom in him came from somewhere else. God made him excellent in the very place he never wanted to be. The job you resent may be the room where God shows what He can do with a surrendered life.
Father, the waves keep rising and I don't know what to do. I've run from things I should have faced,…Father, the waves keep rising and I don't know what to do. I've run from things I should have faced, and others are caught in the wake. Give me the courage to tell the truth, and quiet what my own choices have stirred up.
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