The survivors clung to a promise: Abraham was only one, yet he inherited the land. God answers by holding up…The survivors clung to a promise: Abraham was only one, yet he inherited the land. God answers by holding up a mirror. "You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and every one of you defiles his neighbor's wife. Shall you possess the land?" It is easier to quote a promise than to be shaped by the One who gave it. Where are you doing both at once?
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Daily curiosity · Saturday, September 5
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Why does giving make happier than receiving?
The answer is in Acts 20:35 ↓
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Father, you see every person bought and sold, carried far from home against their will. You have not forgotten them.…Father, you see every person bought and sold, carried far from home against their will. You have not forgotten them. Move us to defend the ones treated as merchandise, and bring them back to safety, dignity, and love.
Notice the purpose Paul gives: "whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme." Not that…Notice the purpose Paul gives: "whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme." Not that they might be destroyed. Taught. Even the harshest correction here still has a schoolroom in view. Ask yourself honestly: is the painful thing you're carrying punishment, or a lesson you haven't finished yet?
Thank You that love never fails. My knowledge fades, my words run out, my best gifts will one day be…Thank You that love never fails. My knowledge fades, my words run out, my best gifts will one day be done away with, but Your love holds when everything else lets go. Thank You for loving me with what lasts.
Paul lists his credentials: "in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings." Notice the turn halfway…Paul lists his credentials: "in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings." Notice the turn halfway through. The first three were done to him. The last three he chose. Suffering found him, and then he added more, freely, out of love. Sleepless nights nobody asked him to keep. What would you willingly give up for someone who could never repay you?
Father, grow my kindness deeper than where it started. When it would be easier to chase what serves me, keep…Father, grow my kindness deeper than where it started. When it would be easier to chase what serves me, keep me loyal to the people you've placed in my care. Let my later years show more love than my early ones, not less.
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