Tag: mercy
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Day 244: Satan’s Two Greatest Lies (Ezekiel 18:23,32)
Satan tells two devastating lies: God hates you, and hope has left you. But Ezekiel 18 tells a very different story. The door isn’t locked. Turn and live.
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Day 238: In the Middle of My Complaining (Lamentations 3:31-33)
Can you find joy in the midst of sorrow? Jeremiah did. Literally. In the exact middle.
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Obadiah: Are We Our Brother’s Keeper?
Part 5 of Short Books, Long Shadows
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Day 143: In God’s Hands (2 Samuel 24:14)
David had spent a lifetime at the mercy of human beings. He had faced Goliath, run from Saul, survived Absalom’s rebellion, and watched powerful men manipulate, betray, flatter, and murder for power. So when judgment came, David chose to fall into the hands of God instead of the hands of man. Why? Because even God’s…
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Day 141: Gentleness that Makes Me Great (2 Samuel 22:36)
Buried in the middle of all the military imagery of 2 Samuel 22 is a surprising turn: God’s gentleness made David great. God does not shape us through cruelty or intimidation, but through steadfast love, mercy, and kindness.
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Day 140: The Body Keeps the Score (Psalm 38)
Long before modern psychiatrists gave it a clinical diagnosis, David understood how the body keeps score. In Psalm 38, he describes guilt in physical terms: aching bones, failing strength, throbbing heart. But while the body may keep score, grace doesn’t.