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When Do We Examine?

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the LORD about it. And the LORD said, “The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”

2 Samuel 21:1
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Encouragement for Today
It took David three years to ask God if there was a particular reason for the famine. When we face a difficult circumstance, should we ask God why it’s happening? The tendency is to assume, “It’s a fallen world; bad things just happen.” Perhaps we should ask God to reveal if there’s anything we did to bring about the difficulty, anything we need to repent of or make amends for. In this case, Saul had done something bad, and the famine was the result. When David made things right, the famine ceased. What areas of your life could use some examination?

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Keep Them Safe

Monday, March 31st, 2008
Today’s Verse from the New Living Translation
“I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one.”John 17:15
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Encouragement for Today
If you’re a parent, you can adapt Jesus’ prayer for his disciples to your own prayers for your children. You may feel a desire to take them out of the world, but Jesus models that the truer-to-reality request is that God himself would keep them safe from the evil one. Notice how this actually leads to more peace: rather than leaning on your own attempts to keep the world from your children, you entrust them to God’s care. You ask and then trust God to take care of them. Your role is to pray, not to shelter.

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