Paul traces it backward: "How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they…Paul traces it backward: "How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard?" Faith reached you through a voice. A grandmother, a friend, a stranger who risked awkwardness. Somebody opened their mouth, and now you have a name to cry out in the dark. Who is waiting on your voice?
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Daily curiosity · Thursday, October 29
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Why is all the knowledge in the world nothing without love?
The answer is in 1 Corinthians 13:2 ↓
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Jeremiah 28He buys a field during the siege
Jeremiah 32Dragged to Egypt, still speaking for God
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What touches you in Scripture? What can we pray for? What can we thank God for?
Father, you long for me with a love that won't share me with lesser things. I've given pieces of myself…Father, you long for me with a love that won't share me with lesser things. I've given pieces of myself away to things that never wanted me back. Pull me home. Let your Spirit in me want you more than I know how to want you.
Then Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem." Seven years of judging, sixty children, marriages arranged far and wide, and…Then Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem." Seven years of judging, sixty children, marriages arranged far and wide, and it all fits into one quiet line. Most of us will be summed up just as briefly. That is not a tragedy, it is freedom. You don't have to build a monument. You only have to be faithful in the years God hands you.
Thank You that when Absalom's violence broke loose, the king's sons "arose, and every man got up on his mule,…Thank You that when Absalom's violence broke loose, the king's sons "arose, and every man got up on his mule, and fled." You gave them a way out. Thank You for every escape You still provide when anger turns deadly, and for keeping vengeance in Your hands and not mine.
Their own tongue shall be against them." The men in this psalm sharpened their words like swords and shot them…Their own tongue shall be against them." The men in this psalm sharpened their words like swords and shot them from hiding, sure no one would trace the wound back to them. But words have a way of circling home. What you whisper about someone in a room where they can't hear is still being recorded somewhere. Is there a sentence you'd rather God forgot?
Lord, the people who were supposed to be outsiders asked you to stay, and you did. Stay with me too.…Lord, the people who were supposed to be outsiders asked you to stay, and you did. Stay with me too. Not just a passing visit, but long enough for me to really know you. I'm asking, and I believe you won't turn away.
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