Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers." John knows…Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers." John knows Gaius well enough to use his soul as the measuring line. The body is asked to catch up to the inner life, not the other way around. Dare you pray that prayer over yourself today? If your health matched your soul this morning, what would change?
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Living with bitterness
Sun Oct 18
Don't call me Naomi, call me Mara
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Mon Oct 19
Hannah prays out of bitterness of soul
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Tue Oct 20
Job curses the day he was born
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Envying the wicked until he entered the sanctuary
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Bitterness and mercy in the same morning
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The older brother refuses to come in
Luke 15→
Sat Oct 24
Pulling up the root before it spreads
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