Let them also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, if they are blameless." Notice the order. Not…Let them also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, if they are blameless." Notice the order. Not tested by an interview, but by ordinary days watched by ordinary people. Your patience in traffic, your honesty about money, the way you speak when tired. God is not rushing you into position. He is forming you where you already stand.
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Images of clothing
Sun Sep 27
God sews clothes for the first shame
Genesis 3→
Mon Sep 28
Spread your cloak over me, Boaz
Ruth 3→
Tue Sep 29
A prophet's mantle falls to his successor
2 Kings 2→
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Ashes traded for a garment of praise
Isaiah 61→
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Filthy robes stripped off before the accuser
Zechariah 3→
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Twelve years of bleeding, one touched cloak
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Put on compassion like a warm coat
Colossians 3→
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Father, these are just names to me, but not to you. You knew each life, each ordinary day, each story…Father, these are just names to me, but not to you. You knew each life, each ordinary day, each story no one wrote down. When I feel forgotten or small, remind me that you keep track of people the world skips over, including me.
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