Hezekiah spread the threatening letter out before God, then opened his mouth and said nothing about Assyria. He started with…Hezekiah spread the threatening letter out before God, then opened his mouth and said nothing about Assyria. He started with the throne: "you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth." He named the Maker before he named the menace. What do you name first?
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Daily curiosity · Wednesday, August 26
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Why did God speak in a whisper right after fire, wind and an earthquake?
The answer is in 1 Kings 19:12 ↓
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Father, the world feels full of voices bending the truth, and some days I can't tell which ones have already…Father, the world feels full of voices bending the truth, and some days I can't tell which ones have already fooled me. Keep me honest with myself. Guard me from becoming someone who spreads a lie, and hold me close to what is real.
Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewelry, or of putting…Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewelry, or of putting on fine clothing." Notice Peter doesn't forbid the braid. He asks where your beauty lives. You can spend an hour on what fades and thirty seconds on what never will. Which one did you tend this morning?
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