Now, you priests, this commandment is for you." God doesn't announce this to the crowd and hope the priests overhear.…Now, you priests, this commandment is for you." God doesn't announce this to the crowd and hope the priests overhear. He turns and speaks to their faces. There is mercy in that. The ones handling holy things are not exempt from correction, they receive it first. When God's word finds you, do you take it, or pass it quickly to someone who needs it more?
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Daily curiosity · Saturday, September 26
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Why did only one of the ten healed men come back?
The answer is in Luke 17:15 ↓
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Ruth 2Leave the edges of your field unharvested
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Joel 2Those who sow in tears reap singing
Psalms 126The farmer who built bigger barns overnight
Luke 12You will reap whatever seed you sow
Galatians 6The harvest is huge, the workers few
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What touches you in Scripture? What can we pray for? What can we thank God for?
Thank You for Caleb, who still believed You would give the land, and said, "He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and…Thank You for Caleb, who still believed You would give the land, and said, "He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife." Thank You that You attach real promises to obedience, and that courage under Your word is never wasted.
The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness." Notice the direction of…The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness."
Notice the direction of travel. God takes deserts and makes them bloom. This army does the reverse, leaving ash where there was fruit. Look back at the ground behind you. What did you leave scorched? Joel's whole message is that God can still replant it.
Father, the accuser says my faith is only worth what it costs me. Prove him wrong in me. When the…Father, the accuser says my faith is only worth what it costs me. Prove him wrong in me. When the pain gets personal and reaches the skin, hold me steady. I don't want to love my own comfort more than I love you.
The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Armies…The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Armies their God.'" Notice where they say it: in their heart. Quietly, the leaders admit they are not self-made. Their strength is other people who belong to God. Who holds you up like that? Have you ever told them?
They couldn't deny the healings. Too many freed people were standing right there. So they changed the label instead: "He…They couldn't deny the healings. Too many freed people were standing right there. So they changed the label instead: "He has Beelzebul," and, "By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons." When goodness is undeniable, we sometimes attack its source. Ask yourself gently: whose kindness have you explained away lately, because receiving it would cost you something?
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