Two hours of shouting, and still no charge filed. Demetrius had a grievance, but he wanted a crowd, not a…Two hours of shouting, and still no charge filed. Demetrius had a grievance, but he wanted a crowd, not a courtroom. It took a pagan town clerk to say the obvious: "the courts are open and there are proconsuls." When someone truly wrongs you, do you take it to them, or do you take it to the crowd?
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Daily curiosity · Thursday, October 29
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Why is all the knowledge in the world nothing without love?
The answer is in 1 Corinthians 13:2 ↓
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Father, I leave the people I love in your keeping when the road calls me elsewhere. Guard them in the…Father, I leave the people I love in your keeping when the road calls me elsewhere. Guard them in the places you've given them. And keep me from settling into my own comfort while my brothers and sisters still have battles ahead.
Thank You for giving each one a place: priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all Israel "lived in their…Thank You for giving each one a place: priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all Israel "lived in their cities." You brought a scattered people home, settled us in ordinary houses and daily work, and gathered us again in the seventh month to worship You.
The priests who stayed faithful when everyone else drifted are handed a portion described as "a most holy thing." Not…The priests who stayed faithful when everyone else drifted are handed a portion described as "a most holy thing." Not more acres. Holier ground. God remembered who stood near Him when it cost something. Your quiet faithfulness, the part nobody applauded, is being written into a map you haven't seen yet.
Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him." Joel doesn't promise. He hopes. And notice…Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him." Joel doesn't promise. He hopes. And notice what the blessing is: grain and wine for an offering. The locusts had eaten even the people's ability to worship. So God gives back, not luxury, but enough to bring him something again. Repent without guarantees. He may leave more behind than you dared ask.
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