Peter's last word isn't "try harder" or "hold on tight." It's "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord…Peter's last word isn't "try harder" or "hold on tight." It's "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." He has just warned about being carried away by error, and his answer is growth. Nothing that stops growing stays where it is. Where did you last let your roots go deeper into Him?
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Daily curiosity · Tuesday, October 20
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Why did the disciples first have to wait before going into the world?
The answer is in Acts 1:4 ↓
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Lamentations 3The older brother refuses to come in
Luke 15Pulling up the root before it spreads
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He was marvelously helped, until he was strong." Read that again. The help came from God, and the strength it…He was marvelously helped, until he was strong." Read that again. The help came from God, and the strength it built became the thing that crowded God out. Uzziah forgot who handed him the victory. Think of the prayer you prayed desperately a year ago. Are you still thanking God for the answer, or just living off it?
Father, you see the way I lift my chin when I think I'm better than someone. Pull my eyes down…Father, you see the way I lift my chin when I think I'm better than someone. Pull my eyes down to level ground. Let whatever light I live by come from you and not from my own sense of being right.
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