Thank You for the progress You've worked in me, slow and real, the things I couldn't do last year that…Thank You for the progress You've worked in me, slow and real, the things I couldn't do last year that come easier now. Thank You that You don't ask for perfection but diligence, and that You give me something worth giving myself wholly to.
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Daily curiosity · Friday, October 9
Today's question
Why did Jesus ask Peter the same question three times?
The answer is in John 21:17 ↓
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The "one point" James had in mind was not murder or adultery. It was giving the well dressed visitor the…The "one point" James had in mind was not murder or adultery. It was giving the well dressed visitor the good seat and telling the poor man to stand. We would call that awkward, not sinful. James calls it lawbreaking: "whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all." Who do you quietly seat at the back?
Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn't turn when they went." They…Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn't turn when they went." They never had to turn around, because whichever way the Spirit moved, a face was already looking that way. No backtracking, no hesitation. What would your life look like if you stopped turning and simply faced where God is already going?
Father, keep me from giving my heart to things I have made. The things I chase cannot see me, cannot…Father, keep me from giving my heart to things I have made. The things I chase cannot see me, cannot hear me, cannot love me back. You are living, and You know my name. Turn my face toward You again today.
Paul had just said the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Then…Paul had just said the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Then comes the warning: "But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don't consume one another." Wild animal language. They were arguing over who was more faithful, and chewing each other to pieces. Notice nobody wins that fight. Both get eaten.
Thank You that when the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a river to sweep away the woman,…Thank You that when the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a river to sweep away the woman, the flood did not have the final word. When lies and pressure rush at me like a current, You keep my feet. You see the stream, and You hold me steady in it.
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