The first thing Israel was told to do after crossing over was not plant a field or build a house.…The first thing Israel was told to do after crossing over was not plant a field or build a house. It was to write. "You shall write on them all the words of this law, when you have passed over." Plain stones, coated white, words anyone could stop and read. When a new season opens for you, what gets written first?
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Daily curiosity · Thursday, September 3
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Why did God call a sleeping boy four times in the night?
The answer is in 1 Samuel 3:10 ↓
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Thank You for speaking so plainly: "Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the…Thank You for speaking so plainly: "Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail." You mark the exact time, and You warn us before it comes. Thank You for teaching me to lean on You instead of glory that runs out.
Father, I keep waiting for the darkness to lift before I move. Teach me the other way: to spend myself…Father, I keep waiting for the darkness to lift before I move. Teach me the other way: to spend myself on someone hungry, to sit with the afflicted, and to trust that light comes as I give. Make my small offering enough today.
Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, 'I have heard your prayer.'" The fire had already fallen…Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, 'I have heard your prayer.'" The fire had already fallen in front of everyone. But the words came later, in the dark, when the crowds had gone home. Notice too what God calls the temple: "a house of sacrifice." Not a monument. A place where something costly is laid down.
Do you also still not understand?" There's a sigh in that question. They had walked with him, watched bread multiply,…Do you also still not understand?" There's a sigh in that question. They had walked with him, watched bread multiply, and still they were slow. But notice what happens next: he explains it anyway. He doesn't walk off. Your slowness to understand has never once made him give up on teaching you.
Father, keep me clear eyed about what promises me comfort and then leaves me foolish. Where I reach for something…Father, keep me clear eyed about what promises me comfort and then leaves me foolish. Where I reach for something to numb the edges, help me reach for you instead. Give me the wisdom to know when enough is enough.
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