They staggered from town to town hunting water, and still weren't satisfied. Desperation moved them everywhere except home. "Yet you…They staggered from town to town hunting water, and still weren't satisfied. Desperation moved them everywhere except home. "Yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh. See what God wanted from the drought. Not their misery, their faces. What thirst in your life keeps sending you down every road but his?
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Daily curiosity · Monday, September 21
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Why did David ask for a clean heart instead of a clean record?
The answer is in Psalms 51:10 ↓
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Psalms 126The farmer who built bigger barns overnight
Luke 12You will reap whatever seed you sow
Galatians 6The harvest is huge, the workers few
Matthew 9Named, seen, and transformed
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Father, we argue easily and agree slowly. Where we have drawn lines between us, help us see the family we…Father, we argue easily and agree slowly. Where we have drawn lines between us, help us see the family we belong to. Give us one mind about what matters most, and patience with each other in everything else.
The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli." Seven men walking into Egypt, and not one…The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli." Seven men walking into Egypt, and not one of them gets a story. No words recorded, no heroic moment. Just names God bothered to keep. If your life feels like a line in someone else's list, notice that He wrote the line anyway.
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Father, you keep track of names most of us would skip right past. Firstborn, second, third, each one known to…Father, you keep track of names most of us would skip right past. Firstborn, second, third, each one known to you. When I feel lost in the crowd or forgotten in the middle of my own story, remind me that you see me and count me in.
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