Compassion from the gut draws us to pray for our loved ones (Matthew 20:34)

I'm enjoying Restore the Roar translation process to German. On DAY SIXTEEN — I Need Three Miracles! Jesus teaches that spiritual blindness is not merely a lack of information but a condition of the heart. Yet His compassion moves Him to open blind eyes, restore hearing, heal the sick, and bring people to Himself. Because Jesus never changes, we can still pray with confidence for Him to awaken spiritually blind hearts today.

The story of the author's grandmother illustrates this hope. Drawing from Matthew 13:15, the author prayed that Jesus would open her eyes, ears, and heart so she could turn to Him. Before she died, she responded to the gospel, prayed for salvation and forgiveness, and trusted Christ. The author sees this as Jesus compassionately healing her deepest need by bringing her into eternal life.

Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him. Matthew 20:34 

Compassion as the trigger, not the request. The text says Jesus "had compassion" before it says he acted. Elsewhere in Matthew this same word (splanchnizomai, a gut-level, visceral pity) drives him toward the crowds (9:36, 14:14, 15:32) and toward the leper (Mark 1:41). It's not abstract pity; it's the emotional root of his ministry of healing. Worth noting: the men had just cried out "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David" (v. 30-31), persistent, even when the crowd told them to be quiet. Compassion answers persistent faith, not polished request.

Touch as identification, not necessity. Jesus could heal with a word alone (as with the centurion's servant, Matt 8:13, or Mark 10:52's "your faith has healed you"). He didn't need to touch anyone. That he does repeatedly, across different healings (the leper, Jairus's daughter, these blind men) — says something about incarnational ministry: he enters into the affliction physically rather than fixing it from a distance. It also breaks convention; touching a blind beggar (likely also seen as ritually unclean or cursed for his condition, per John 9:2) was socially risky.

Immediacy as a marker of divine action. "Immediately" recurs across nearly every one of these healing accounts (18:43, 10:52, Acts 9:18). This isn't incidental narrative pacing — in Scripture, instant and complete restoration (as opposed to gradual improvement, contrast Mark 8:22-25's two-stage healing) tends to signal that this is God's own power at work, not human medicine or magic ritual. It's evidentiary: the miracle authenticates the healer.

Sight restored fulfills prophecy. Isaiah 35:5 and 42:7 promise that opened blind eyes mark the inbreaking of God's kingdom and the ministry of the Servant. Matthew, writing to a Jewish audience, is almost certainly building this connection deliberately — this healing is a messianic credential, not just an act of kindness.

Following as the true outcome. The healing isn't the end of the story — it's the hinge. "They received their sight and followed him." Compare Luke 18:43, where the healed man follows "glorifying God," and Bartimaeus in Mark 10:52, who follows "along the road" (toward Jerusalem, toward the cross). Restored sight is functionally identical to discipleship here: to truly see is to follow. This pairs with John 9, where physical sight becomes a metaphor for spiritual sight — the healed man ends up worshiping Jesus while the sighted Pharisees remain blind.

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God's Role and Our Participation in Holiness, Peter's ladder ( 2 Peter 1:1–11, Hebrews 12:10)

 2 Peter 1:1–11, Hebrews 12:10 came to mind as I was reviewing discipline, in "Peter's ladder" this is equated with Self-Control, restraint and will. It's the first part of the ladder that transforms our focus toward others after having added to our faith virtue and knowledge. 

These two passages together answer one of the most important questions in the Christian life: Who does what? The answer is neither "God does everything" nor "you earn it by effort." It is a purposeful partnership — God initiates, provides, and disciplines; we receive, respond, and press forward.

God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. - Heb 12:10

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What God Does First

Peter is careful to establish the sequence. Before any human effort appears in the text, God has already acted decisively.

He gives everything required. "His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness" (v. 3). The word granted is perfect tense — completed action with ongoing effect. Nothing is withheld. The resource problem has been solved before the effort begins.

He gives access to his own nature. Through "precious and very great promises," believers become "partakers of the divine nature" (v. 4). This is extraordinary language. Peter is not describing moral improvement — he is describing ontological participation. God shares himself. Holiness is not a standard imposed from outside; it is the nature of the one who now dwells within.

He escapes us from corruption. The same verse grounds this transformation in a rescue: having "escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire." God's action in Christ removes the enslaving power of the old nature before the new one can take root.

He disciplines us into his holiness. Hebrews 12:10 adds the long-game dimension. God is not a passive benefactor who gives gifts and steps back. He is a Father who disciplines his children — specifically and purposefully — "that we may share in his holiness." The goal of discipline is not behavior modification. It is sharing. His holiness, not just better habits.

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What We Are Called to Do

Having established God's prior action, Peter pivots immediately — and without apology. "For this very reason, make every effort" (v. 5).

The phrase "make every effort" translates a Greek word (spoudē) that carries urgency, even haste. It is not passive reception. It is not waiting for holiness to arrive. It is active, directed, sustained effort.

Peter lists seven qualities that are to be added to faith — virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection, and love. The structure matters. Each quality becomes the platform for the next. Faith is the foundation; love is the summit. The progression is not random — it maps the shape of Christlikeness from inside out.

Three motivations anchor the call to participate:

Fruitfulness. "If these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ" (v. 8). Holiness has a purpose beyond the self. A fruitless Christian has lost sight of why the transformation matters.

Memory. "Whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins" (v. 9). The failure to pursue holiness is, at its root, a failure of memory. Spiritual passivity forgets grace.

Assurance. "Be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election" (v. 10). Effort does not produce election — but it confirms it. The person who is pressing forward has more, not less, ground for assurance.

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The Theology of the Partnership

Put these texts together and a clear pattern emerges.

God's Role	Our Role
Grants divine power (v. 3)	Make every effort (v. 5)
Gives precious promises (v. 4)	Add quality upon quality (vv. 5–7)
Enables partaking of divine nature (v. 4)	Do not be idle or unfruitful (v. 8)
Disciplines for our good (Heb 12:10)	Confirm your calling with diligence (v. 10)
Provides richly into his eternal kingdom (v. 11)	Press toward the entrance (v. 11)

The left column is the source of everything on the right. Human effort is not self-generated — it is a response to divine provision. But it is still real effort. God's sovereign grace does not dissolve human responsibility; it energizes it. ("Work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you" — Philippians 2:12–13 runs the same logic.)

Hebrews 12:10 keeps this honest. The discipline God sends is not comfortable. It is painful in the moment (Heb 12:11). But it is purposeful. God is not experimenting with us. He is conforming us to something specific — his own holiness. The Father's goal for the child is not just better conduct. It is shared nature.

Faith in Jesus is my response to his Spirit speaking to me (Genesis 8:20; 9:9; Hebrews 11:7)

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A Summary Word

Holiness is not something we produce. It is something we receive, respond to, and grow into — under the care of a God who has already given everything needed and who disciplines us precisely because he refuses to leave us short of what he intends.

Peter's ladder (v. 5–7) is not a works program. It is the shape of a life that has received grace and is moving toward love. The effort is real. The resource is God's. The goal is participation in his nature — which is exactly what he promised.

Lord help me to keep loving you and loving people as my heart's motive and aim. Guide me today and give me eyes that see, ears that hear and heart that understands. May everyone I encounter feel your grace

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Christian lives between promise received and promise completed (Joshua 21:43–45, Hebrews 4:8–10)

 Joshua 21:43–45

“The Lord gave them rest on every side… Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made… had failed; all came to pass.”

Big Idea

God is the giver of true rest.
The rest Israel experienced in Joshua was not merely the absence of war. It was the fulfillment of God’s promise, the enjoyment of His presence, and the settled peace of living under His covenant faithfulness.

This passage shows three powerful truths:

1. God keeps His promises

2. God gives rest after struggle

3. God’s rest points beyond Canaan to a deeper spiritual rest in Christ

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1) Rest is the fulfillment of God’s promise

Joshua 21 emphasizes that Israel’s rest was not accidental or self-made. It was promised by God, secured by God, and given by God.

Key supporting texts:

• Exodus 33:14
  “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
  Rest is tied first to God’s presence, not merely favorable circumstances.

• Deuteronomy 12:10
  “When you go over the Jordan and live in the land… and he gives you rest from all your enemies around, so that you live in safety…”
  Joshua 21 is the realization of what God had spoken long before.

• 1 Kings 8:56
  “Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. Not one word has failed…”
  Solomon later looks back and confirms the same truth: God’s Word does not fail.

Reflection:

Rest begins when we trust that God is faithful even when fulfillment takes time. Israel wandered, fought, waited, and endured, but God still brought them into what He promised.

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2) Rest often comes after conflict, not before it

Joshua 21 does not mean Israel never fought. It means that after seasons of warfare, uncertainty, and obedience, God established them.

Key supporting texts:

• Joshua 11:23
  “And the land had rest from war.”
  Rest came after battle, not instead of it.

• Joshua 23:1
  “A long time afterward, when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies…”
  God’s timing often includes process, perseverance, and preparation.

• 2 Samuel 7:1
  “When the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies…”
  David also experienced that rest is something God establishes, not something man can manufacture.

Reflection:

Many people think peace means a life with no resistance. Biblically, peace often means God’s sustaining hand through the resistance until He settles what He has ordained.

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3) Biblical rest is more than stopping. It is settled peace in God

The Hebrew idea of rest carries the sense of security, settledness, and peace. It is not laziness or inactivity. It is living without fear because God has made His people secure.

Key supporting texts:

• Leviticus 26:6
  “I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid.”
  God’s peace includes freedom from fear.

• Psalm 4:8
  “In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
  Rest is inward before it is outward.

• Psalm 29:11
  “The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.”
  Biblical peace is not weakness. It is strength under God’s blessing.

• Isaiah 26:3
  “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.”
  Peace is maintained by trust, not by control.

Reflection:

The rest God gives includes:

• peace of conscience
• stability in uncertainty
• freedom from striving
• confidence in His care

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4) God’s rest is covenant peace, not merely circumstantial comfort

Israel’s rest in Joshua was tied to being in the land under God’s rule and promise. It was relational and covenantal.

Key supporting texts:

• Numbers 6:24–26
  “The Lord bless you and keep you… and give you peace.”
  Peace flows from God’s covenant blessing.

• Psalm 23:1–3
  “The Lord is my shepherd… he leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.”
  God gives rest not only to nations but to souls.

• Jeremiah 6:16
  “Walk in it, and find rest for your souls.”
  Rest is found in walking in God’s way.

Reflection:

Peace is not ultimately found in possessions, schedules, or control over outcomes. It is found in right relationship with God.

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5) Joshua’s rest was real, but not final

This is one of the most important biblical insights. Joshua 21 celebrates a true fulfillment, but the Bible later shows that this rest was not the ultimate rest God intended.

Key supporting texts:

• Psalm 95:7–11
  Long after Joshua, God still warns His people not to harden their hearts and miss His rest.

• Hebrews 3:18–19
  “They were unable to enter because of unbelief.”
  The greatest barrier to rest is not hardship. It is unbelief.

• Hebrews 4:8–10
  “For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on… So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.”
  This is crucial: Joshua gave a historical rest, but Christ gives eternal rest.

Reflection:

The land pointed to something greater:

• not just a place, but a Person
• not just military peace, but soul peace
• not just temporary safety, but eternal security

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6) Jesus is the fulfillment of promised rest

Everything Joshua 21 anticipates finds its fullest expression in Christ. Jesus gives what Canaan could only symbolize.

Key supporting texts:

Matthew 11:28–30

• “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
• Jesus offers rest not just for the body or nation, but for the weary soul.

John 14:27

• “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you… Let not your hearts be troubled.”
• Christ gives a peace the world cannot produce.

Romans 5:1

• “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
• The deepest peace is reconciliation with God.

Ephesians 2:13–14

• “He himself is our peace…”
• Jesus does not merely provide peace. He is peace.

Philippians 4:6–7

• “The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

The believer can experience inward peace even when outward conditions remain unsettled.

Reflection:

Joshua shows us the shadow.
Jesus gives us the substance.

Joshua led Israel into a land.
Jesus leads His people into peace with God, rest for the soul, and eternal hope.

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7) God’s promised rest includes both “already” and “not yet”

As believers, we experience real rest now, but we also still await the fullness of it.

Present rest:

• peace with God now (Romans 5:1)
• peace in trial now (John 16:33)
• soul rest in Christ now (Matthew 11:28–30)

Future rest:

• Revelation 14:13
  “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord… that they may rest from their labors.”

• Revelation 21:3–4
  “He will wipe away every tear… neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore.”
  Final rest means the complete removal of sorrow, sin, death, and conflict.

Reflection:

The Christian life is lived between:

• promise received
• and promise completed

Joshua 21 teaches us that what God starts, He finishes.

Joshua 21:43–45 teaches us:

• God is faithful to every promise
• God gives rest after seasons of struggle
• God’s peace is deeper than outward calm
• Earthly rest points to spiritual rest
• Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of God’s promised rest

Ask:

• Where am I still living like God’s promises might fail?
• Where am I striving instead of resting in God’s faithfulness?
• Am I seeking peace from circumstances, or from Christ Himself?
• What battle has God already brought me through that should deepen my trust in Him now?

Joshua 21:43–45 is a monument to the faithfulness of God.
Israel stood in the land because God kept His word. And believers stand in grace today for the same reason.

The God who gave Israel rest on every side is the same God who gives His people peace in Christ.

Not one word failed then. Not one word will fail now.

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Sign of Jonah - Listen and repent for salvation and receive true Light (Luke 11:29-36)

The evil generation wants a miraculous sign, ONLY sign Jesus gives is the sign of Jonah. 

What happened to him was a sign to the people of Nineveh that God had sent him. What happens to the Son of Man will be a sign to these people that he was sent by God. Luke 11:30

Judgment day condemnation: queen of Sheba, traveled to hear wisdom of Solomon, greater than Solomon but refuse to listen. People of Nineveh repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah, greater than Jonah but you refuse to repent.

Evaluate is the light I think I have actually darkness? (see Luke 11:24-28 demons)

• Healthy Eye: provides light for your body (Luke 11:28 - blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice)
• Power of Prayer, God's Sovereignty, and Immutability misunderstood by most - Robert Morris
• Unhealthy Eye: body is filled with darkness (Luke 11:26 - when healed we do nothing, waiting for more evil) 

Make sure that the light you think you have is not actually darkness. If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight were filling you with light. Luke 11:35-36

 Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God, Day 2 but also less than a month ago: Discovering the Light of listening and being Salt (Luke 8-14)

Prayer: Forgive me Lord, I continue to go my own way. I want to live for you and honor you with the rest of my life. 

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90 day quick plan

Reading The Daily Edge: Simple Strategies to Increase Efficiency and Make an Impact Every Day
Find an area in your life you want to change, creating this plan should take less than 30 minutes to complete.

1. What does the ideal me look like? Think about your best day. How do you feel? What character traits does the ideal you possess in abundance? How does the ideal person help other people? What kind of impact do I want to make? What do I want people to remember me by?

2. Where am I? Examples; where am I with my health? Where am I with my kids? Where am I in comparison to my expected results? Find an objective way to measure where you are, in health it could be your weight or calorie intake. In relationships, ask the person to provide a rating from 1 (not even close) to 10 (consistently there).

3. Where am I going in 90 days? Write a clear, quantifiable goal? Think about the number above, where will it be in 90 days?

4. Why am I going? If the why is strong enough, the plan doesn't need to be perfect. If a building is on fire and my kids are there I don't need to know all the details, I'm going it.

5. How am I going to get there? Ask How? Keep asking How until you commit to taking specific actions.

6. How am I going to get there?

7. How am I going to get there?

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Fatih is the work and it's as simple as looking at God

God brought to my mind that Fatih is the work and it's as simple as looking at God (John 3:3-15). It's God's way of putting things in motion (Jesus said repeatedly your faith has healed you/made you well). We see it in the old testament By faith Abel brought God a better offering (Heb 11:4, Gen 4:4).

Then Chris sent the Faith teaching from BSFinternational.org
The Bible defines faith in Hebrews 11:1 (“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see”). Faith is simply belief, faith and belief being two English translations of what is only one word in Greek (pistis). Faith is believing God and acting on it. It is necessary to stress the last part of that definition, however, because we must not think that saving faith is mere intellectual assent. The demons have this kind of belief (James 2:19), but they tremble before it. They are not saved. Saving faith involves three elements: first, content (for belief is always in something), specifically, the content of the gospel concerning salvation (Matthew 16:16; John 1:12; 3:16; Acts 4:12; 16:31); second, a personal, loving trust in one’s heart in Jesus Christ, who is a person and who first loved us (John 1:12; 3:16; 6:37; Acts 16:14); and third, a commitment to repent and follow Christ (Matthew 11:28-30; Luke 9:23; 14:2527; Acts 3:19; 20:21; Romans 12:1-2). This last element is refused by many because it means giving up control of our lives and acknowledging the lordship of Christ over our thoughts and actions.

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God's discipline results in joy and peace, healed, restored abounding in hope

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Birds to carry away evil spirits and other miracles

I had a vision yesterday morning about all the birds that were flocking around my brother in his battle with mental illness. I thought, was this a gift from God, that a minister would deliver him from demons, by casting the spirits into these birds. These birds hung around him for weeks. I thought, should we have prayed to cast the spirits of illness into those birds like Jesus did with pigs?

Yesterday evening I took my dog for a walk and she wouldn't move. She gave me a look like she was unfamiliar with me (have you ever experienced a dog's look like they're trying to say something). It reminds me of Balams donkey.

Anyway, I thought it was because I wore a jacket I don't normally wear. She stopped me three time and finally I turned around to go home. When we got home, she wouldn't come to the door. So I decided to play with her in the snow (which we got a foot of snow in answer to prayer to allow the time needed for my sister and her husband to come live with me from Colorado)... I've been experiencing miraculous events like this for several weeks now...

So we're playing "throw the snow balls, back and forth" when I notice about 100 sea gulls coming towards me from the west. Flying over my house and on both sides. I remembered my vision and began to pray that the spirits of hostility, anger, bitterness, resentment, cruelty, hatred, lust, greed, envy, malice and all attitudes not of God would be banished from my sister, her husband, my life, my wife. That they would be sent to these birds, carried far away... now 50 birds passed by but the others are hovering over my house and the circle out front, swarming together... and about another 100 birds come from the west join them. I keep praying, thanksgiving for Gods faithfulness, provision, healing, grace, mercies and peace. I ask God to replace where that evil was and give his Holy Spirit to us in a new way...Remove the guilt, shame, lies, evil, selfshiness, pride and self-hatred from us Lord. Banish it into these birds and send them away. In Jesus name. Then more birds came from the west and the swarm moved away to the east.

I praised God they didn't land but moved away and believed these spirits were removed from my household as I prayed.

I went inside my home and was preparing for my talk on the meaning of life according to Christian faith when I noticed a book by Nick Vujicic. I opened it up and was drawn to a section were Nick gives his testimony of meeting Joni Erickson Tada for the first time. It was an encouraging story that talk about the 1 Thessalonians 5:18, I sent this very verse to my sister and her husband in the morning. So I showed this to them and explained how this wasn't a coincidence... God often harmonizes the events and people in life to show what I should do.

After they went to bed, I saw my brother in law had been doing a Bible crossword puzzle on Mary Magdalene, who even as a child of Abraham was possessed by seven evil spirits before Christ healed her.

I found the word "forgiveness" and praised God for his everlasting love and great faithfulness.

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Humble yourself, cast your burden on the Lord (Psalm 55:22;I Peter 5:6-7)

Psalm 55:22;37:5,Proverbs 16:3;I Peter 5:6-7

Reading CHRONIC ILLNESS SCRIPTURES this morning and noticed a new testament idea in Psalm 55:22, same idea as 1 Peter 5:7.

I also noticed in the different versions of the Bible cross-references don't always show these connections. In Psalm 55:22 ESV, it referenced other scriptures that then reference 1 Peter 5:7, however, AMP version referenced only 1 Peter 5:7.

Cast your burden on the Lord [release it] and He will sustain and uphold you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (slip, fall, fail). Psalm 55:22 AMP

Commit everything you do to the Lord.
    Trust him, and he will help you. Psalm 37:5 NLT

Commit your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him],
And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance]. Proverbs 16:3 AMP

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God [set aside self-righteous pride], so that He may exalt you [to a place of honor in His service] at the appropriate time, casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully]. 1 Peter 5:6-7 AMP

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Accept one another as Christ accepted you in order to bring praise to God (Romans 5:7)

Reading a Kindle edition of Beyond Casseroles: 505 Ways to Encourage a Chronically Ill Friend (Conquering the Confusions of Chronic Illness). Here are some of the items that touched my heart as I prepare to help my family members through a difficult time of healing.

First love the person, always

New mercies I see every day, share these with others.

Jesus, help me to be the kind of friend you have been to me 

I was poor, hungry, lonely, desperate and worthless - and he rescued me, restored in me joy, hope. He gave me peace

Yes Lord, help me to do both

https://www.openbible.info/topics/guidance

Fun activity we can do together

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3 sets of 3 weeks makes a habit

At the end, 30 min. She says ideas take 21 days to form, habit takes 63 days.

Bsf carries a lesson for 14 days, what if TL reminded us of the past 2 weeks aim, linked to this week building into tonight? Would that help people solidify God word? What if there was included SMART challenge that was simple enough for everyone to achieve?
https://youtu.be/YiXP_gBMPYs

What if the year was planned around the scriptures. Welcome/fellowship 1 week before a new section, new leaders 4 weeks before new section. Seminar lined up with teaching for that week. Year planned through 3 iterations before year starts. Allow STL to pick based on section or time.

Thank you God for bringing help in my time of need. Let your will be done in my life, in Jesus Name. Amen.

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Jesus demonstrates the importance of forgiveness (Luke 5:17-26)

Coming to God for forgiveness

Sins have a root or a starting place.  Ideas and thoughts embraced and repeated become like building blocks that become structures in our hearts and mind.  Our purpose here is to expose the root or foundation of sin that has escalated and grown. 1 Corinthians 15:33 says “bad company ruins good morals." Jesus famously said, "A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart... (Luke 6:45)".  So how do we expose sin to remove it and bring healing?

Jesus demonstrates the importance of forgiveness (Luke 5:17-26)

1.  What problem did the man on the bed have (Luke 5:18)? Luke 5:20 says Jesus saw their faith, what was it that Jesus saw them doing (Luke 5:19)? How did their faith impact that man (Luke 5:20,24-26)?

2.  What came first for the man, forgiveness of sins or physical healing? Why were the scribes and Pharisees upset about Jesus forgiving the man’s sin?

3.  What did Jesus want to prove and how did he prove it (Luke 5:23-24)? What impact did Jesus’ words and actions have on the man and witnesses (Luke 5:25-26)?

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Direct the rider, motivate the elephant, shape the path

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Seeing your life through the lens of Gratitiude

Problem: You or someone you love is having a tantrum about how life isn't fair, nothing is good and "we don't have anything"
Solution: Write a list of things you are thankful for, if your like me you might find it useful to make columns of categories like health/ability, food/shelter, community/safety, opportunity/gifts. Then spend time thanking God for the good things that you've got, remember for others it's just a dream.
Here's a template

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