Lot begs them in: "please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night." His urgency says more than courtesy.…Lot begs them in: "please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night." His urgency says more than courtesy. He knows what the streets of Sodom do after dark. Strange, isn't it, that he fights to shelter strangers from a danger he himself still lives beside. What are you guarding others from, while quietly staying put?
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Daily curiosity · Tuesday, October 6
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Why are there four women with complicated stories in the family tree of Jesus?
The answer is in Matthew 1:5 ↓
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Lord, whatever I'm holding onto today, it's yours first. If you need it, take it. Help me loosen my grip…Lord, whatever I'm holding onto today, it's yours first. If you need it, take it. Help me loosen my grip without arguing, without stalling, trusting that what I hand over is never wasted in your hands.
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