Delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked." Righteous Lot? The man who chose…Delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked." Righteous Lot? The man who chose the plain toward Sodom, who lingered until angels dragged him out by the hand. Yet that is God's word over him. Notice what marked him: he was still grieved. Ask yourself honestly, does the evil around you still trouble you, or have you quietly gotten used to it?
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Daily curiosity · Saturday, September 5
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Why does giving make happier than receiving?
The answer is in Acts 20:35 ↓
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Father, you know the name of every exile, every person living far from home. Thank you for placing us where…Father, you know the name of every exile, every person living far from home. Thank you for placing us where we are, even when it feels accidental. Help me trust that my ordinary presence here is part of something you are quietly working out.
They shall bear their sin. They shall die childless." The punishment reaches past the moment into the empty years that…They shall bear their sin. They shall die childless." The punishment reaches past the moment into the empty years that follow. In Israel, to die childless was to have your name vanish from the land. What felt private that night touched a future nobody could see yet. Sin always borrows from tomorrow. What is your quiet choice today costing the years you haven't lived?
Together with them." Paul wrote that to a church weeping over fresh graves, afraid their dead had somehow missed out.…Together with them." Paul wrote that to a church weeping over fresh graves, afraid their dead had somehow missed out. Notice he never describes heaven's furniture. He tells them who they will be with. "So we will be with the Lord forever." The comfort isn't a place. It's a Person, and the people you thought you had lost.
Father, teach me to hope in you the way the faithful women before me did, finding my worth in your…Father, teach me to hope in you the way the faithful women before me did, finding my worth in your steady love instead of in appearances. Let what's quiet and true in me grow, and let that be enough, because you see it and call it beautiful.
Thank You that when the writer said, "I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to…Thank You that when the writer said, "I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner," he believed our prayers move Your hand. Thank You for every reunion You have granted us, and for letting our praying carry people home.
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