May 18, 2017

Posted on May 20, 2017 by jgarrott

Joshua 3:15-16 Now the Jordan is in flood all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

This has always struck me as an enormously significant symbolic event. God arranged that it happen under the most dramatic circumstances, at flood stage, but this actually was the physically easiest for the priests carrying the ark. Because it was overflowing, they could step into the water without going down into the channel of the river. At the same time, no one could later claim that there had been a drought and the river was just a trickle. All of that, however, was just a matter of staging, so to speak. What really mattered was that the water stopped at a town called Adam. You can’t get any more explicit than that! The ark, representing God’s redemptive covenant with His people, was effective all the way back to Adam, the first man. Jesus came and died and rose again at a point in history, but His redemption is effective for everyone from Adam on down. We have trouble grasping that because we too are in the flow of time and see everything as past, present, or future. However, God being outside of time sees everything at once, so His acts are effective for all eternity. Physicists agree that time is a function of the material universe, speaking of “the space-time continuum,” so God, being Spirit rather than matter, is logically outside of time. We are spirits, but we inhabit material bodies and so have trouble, quite literally, thinking outside of that. Even if we can’t do it by human intellect, we need to accept by faith that God’s redemptive grace is effective for all time, past, present, and future, and so rejoice to serve Him in obedient gratitude.

I have thought about this issue perhaps more than most people, but even so I get stuck in temporal thinking. I need help grasping that though God’s miracles take place in time, they are not limited by time. That’s why, for example, when we prayed about finances one time when I was in seminary a check arrived in the mail almost immediately, but it had to have been mailed days before we prayed. That’s no problem for God! There are real limits to what my mind can wrap itself around, so I’ve got to accept that God’s smart and I’m not, and rest, relax, and rejoice in Him, knowing that if He could roll back history to Adam, nothing I need is any problem for Him at all.

Father, thank You for this reminder. I really look forward to when I will be outside of time with You, though I can’t really grasp at this point what that will be like. There are no words to paint such a picture! Help me indeed walk in obedient faith for as long as You have me in the flow of time, so that all of Your purposes for me may be fulfilled on Your schedule (!) for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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May 17, 2017

Posted on May 20, 2017 by jgarrott

Joshua 2:8-9 Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given this land to you and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you.”

God’s people often have very little grasp of how much the devil and his people fear us. Much of the persecution of Christians that goes on is actually motivated by fear, because those doing the persecuting know that unhindered, we will certainly conquer everything because we serve the Creator of the universe. When Jesus told Peter, “On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it,” (Matthew 16:18) He wasn’t talking about the Church in a defensive posture, but rather as being on the attack. We forget that John said clearly that “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.” (1 John 3:8) We are His agents, so the devil fears us! In recent history, churches across eastern Europe had a great deal to do with the fall of the Iron Curtain. Other totalitarian nations, such as China and North Korea, saw that and stepped up their own persecution of Christians. Right now the greatest threat to the reign of the mullahs in Iran is the growing number of Christians there, though you won’t hear that reported in secular news. We tend to draw back at little things, forgetting that we serve the King of Kings, and “’No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,’ declares the Lord.” (Isaiah 54:17) The road may well not be easy, and in physical terms we may well be casualties, but the ultimate outcome is settled, and we need to rest in that assurance.

This of course applies as much to me as it does to any believer. I am not to be brash or cocky, but neither am I to be afraid. I am not to run from any battle, but know that in Christ I am more than an overcomer. (Romans 8:37) I am not to shrink from any physical or material risk, but know that my spiritual reward will more than compensate for any temporary loss. (2 Corinthians 4:17) As a pastor I am to encourage the believers with this truth, because it applies to each of them as well. The devil’s only strength is in lies, so our defense against him is God’s truth. That is also our offensive weapon against him, because the Word of God is Truth by definition. (Ephesians 6:17) God’s plans for us are good, and that means victory!

Father, I was wondering what I was to speak on this Sunday, and now I know! Thank you. However, there is so very much material in the Bible that I need clear guidance as to which passages to use, so that it will be Your Word and not just my research. There are many who need this particular message, and I pray that by Your Spirit it would communicate fully to them, bringing them to the victory You intend for them, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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May 16, 2017

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Joshua 1:2-3 “Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses.”

God’s plans aren’t limited to the lifespan of any individual. That’s something we have trouble grasping emotionally sometimes, but it’s very important. Jesus of course rose from the dead, but even He left the earth physically 40 days after that. It’s very significant that Luke starts his account of the Church by saying, “In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.” (Acts 1:1-2) Just as the believers continued Jesus’ ministry by the power of the Holy Spirit, even so Joshua continued Moses’ ministry. Sometimes someone’s shoes feel too big to fill. I’m sure Joshua felt that way about Moses (even though he wore sandals rather than shoes). However, when a work is genuinely the Lord’s it will continue after the individual. Some ministries indeed collapse after the leader is eliminated, either through death or through scandal, but that is a sign that it was being done in man’s strength rather than God’s. For example, many will mourn when Billy Graham leaves us, but the ministry he started is going stronger than ever. That is certainly of God! It has wisely been said that “There is no success without a successor.” Often that is literally true in the sense of a single individual who will “take the reins,” so to speak, but it is even better when, as was the case with Jesus, the original leader is multiplied into many who carry their vision. That’s when it becomes very clear that God’s plans are far greater than any individual.

I will confess to not having been very good about this issue myself. Actually, I haven’t been very focused on it being “my ministry,” but have somewhat presumed that the church would continue after I was gone. The Lord has raised up some pastors from among those I have led, and thankfully one has a real commitment to this particular body and continues to minister here. Extricating myself from the daily activities of the congregation isn’t so easy, but I’ve got to remember that I’m not irreplaceable, whatever my pride tells me. I am to lead in such a way that when I am gone there won’t be even a hiccup, but rather steady, continued growth and progress. My focus is to be on God’s kingdom and His righteousness, with full assurance that He will supply everything that is needed. (Matthew 6:33)

Father, thank You for this reminder. You have given me an interesting skill set, and it isn’t easy to think of an individual doing all of the variety of things I do. However, in a number of ways it would be better for a number of people to each do one or more of those things, so that more people would be involved. I ask for wisdom in asking people to do things, knowing that You will supply and guide, so that Your will may be done more and more right here, even as it is in heaven, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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May 15, 2017

Posted on May 18, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 34:9 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses.

God’s provision for Israel included a successor for Moses, but everyone involved had to cooperate. Moses was certainly involved, not only laying his hands on Joshua for anointing, as it says here, but training him by letting Joshua assist him in the activities of leading Israel. Joshua was of course involved, submitting himself to Moses. I would imagine the relationship was in many ways like that of Elijah and Elisha. That was described by an officer of King Jehoshaphat as, “He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.” (2 Kings 3:11) He had been trained both in faith and in action, in administration and in battle. And then, Israel was involved, willingly following Joshua as they had followed Moses. In some ways I think Joshua had it easier than Moses, because he at least had Moses’ example to follow, while Moses was a total pioneer. The one thing that Joshua failed to do that Moses had done was raise up his own successor, and Israel suffered for it. There were intermittent leaders in the period covered by the Book of Judges, but in general they suffered from a lack of spiritual and national focus. I think that had a lot to do with their demand for a king in the days of Samuel. However, those who demanded a king were thinking only in terms of national focus, rather than spiritual focus. Today America faces the same tension. It won’t be a theocracy until Christ’s return, but it has suffered greatly from national leaders who have failed to keep correct spiritual focus, in all three branches of government.

All of this applies on a personal level to me. By God’s grace I have a “successor in training,” and I am grateful. I need to apply myself to my part in it, imparting to him what the Lord has given me. Over the past 35 years I have had times of pretty diffuse focus myself, and I certainly can’t afford that now. I have done better about spiritual focus than I have with organizational focus, and my successor needs to understand that, correcting my mistakes without abandoning what I have done right. I think the flock is participating in the process pretty well at this point. Everyone involved needs to understand both that he is not the same as me, and that that is a good thing. “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” (1 Peter 4:10) God is in control, and we are to cooperate.

Father, transitions aren’t easy. I’m gradually getting used to not preaching every Sunday, but I need to be active in pursuing what You do have for me to do. I’ve had potential successors before, and I haven’t done very well in training them. I ask for Your wisdom on all levels, so that Your good plans for us all may be fulfilled, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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May 14, 2017

Posted on May 17, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 31:12 Assemble the people—men, women and children, and the aliens living in your towns—so that they can listen and learn to fear the Lord your God and follow carefully all the words of this law.

This was one thing the Israelites obviously failed to do, because there were times in the nation’s history that even the king didn’t know what was in the law. (2 Kings 22) One of the founding principles of any legal system is that ignorance of the law is no excuse. Moses knew that, and was doing what he could to prevent such ignorance. Back in those days, so long before the invention of the printing press, written material in general was rare, so Moses mandated mass meetings to let everyone hear. Today, hundreds of years after the invention of the printing press and now with instant and overwhelming electronic communication, it would seem that the situation would be entirely different. However, human hearts haven’t changed, and that is the biggest issue. It does no good to know the law if you aren’t disposed to do it! That’s why Moses spoke of “fearing the Lord.” We can get tied in knots over defining the word, fear, but the point is that we have to recognize God for who He is before we will relate rightly to Him in obedience to all He says. That actually is a factor in civil law enforcement as well. As recent events in the US have shown, simply knowing that the law is going to be enforced drastically cuts down on the number of people violating it. We have such trouble really believing that no one ever “gets away with” violating God’s laws! The better we do understand that, the more we will want to know His laws so that we will gain the benefits of being in line with them.

I certainly can’t claim ignorance of the law, but that doesn’t mean I’m perfect in my obedience. I’m as much in need of God’s grace as anyone. That said, I am in the position of teaching God’s Word to others, so that they too may understand and apply it. I must be careful that I don’t teach others and then ignore the Word myself! That has come out again and again in recent days. I can share God’s Word with people, but I can’t force them to receive it. The old “leading a horse to water” saying is never more true than in my occupation. I am to speak the truth in love (Ephesians 5:14) as well as model it, demonstrating by my life that it is reliable. I must never claim, much less think or feel, that I’ve “arrived,” that I’ve got it all together, (Philippians 3:12-14) but rather walk with people as together we grow into what God intends us to be.

Father, thank You for this further reminder. This theme has come up a lot recently. May I be increasingly effective in communicating Your Word and increasingly faithful in obeying it, so that it may indeed accomplish everything for which You send it, in and through me and my hearers, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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May 13, 2017

Posted on May 17, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 30:14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so that you may obey it.

This statement of Moses is particularly famous among Christians because Paul quoted it. (Romans 10:8) In a sense this describes an ideal situation, because for many people the Word of God is not in their mouth and heart. That is tragic, because then they have nothing on which to base the famous choice set forth in verse 19 between life and death. From Paul on, everyone involved in evangelism has sought to get enough of God’s Word into people to enable them to make that choice of life. The Word is infinitely deep, so we can and should keep going further into it as long as we live, but a surprisingly small portion of it is sufficient to bring someone to saving faith. The kicker, however, is the whole matter of choice and commitment. Even this verse ends with, “so that you may obey it.” It makes no difference to know the truth if we don’t apply it. That’s what James was talking about in his famous statement. “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” (James 1:22) This is also what Jesus was talking about in his famous parable of the two men who built on sand and bedrock. (Matthew 7:24-27) Sometimes people complain that God’s requirements are impossible to meet, but that is never the case. Even in this verse, the Japanese renders the last part as, “You can do these things.” Paul said, “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” (Philippians 4:13) God never tells us to give something He hasn’t supplied, and He never tells us to do anything He doesn’t enable us to do. As Moses and virtually every prophet after him said, it comes down to our choice, to believe and to obey.

This certainly applies to me, as it does to every human being who has ever lived or will live. God is love, and He created us as an expression of that love. He then doubled down and sent His Son to redeem us, as the ultimate expression of that love. (John 3:16) My calling in life is to communicate that love to as many people as will receive it, but even if I succeed in doing that, it will do me no good if I fail to act on it myself. There have actually been evangelists who were not saved themselves, but people did get saved through their “ministry,” even though they themselves were in it for the money. I must not be like that! I must personally receive and apply every word the Lord speaks through me, not thinking that because I said it, that means I’m doing it. We can be remarkably adept at deceiving ourselves that way. The Word must not just be in my mouth but in my heart as well, to apply it every moment of my life.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for Your unending, at times overwhelming, grace toward me. Thank You for Your solution to the ultimately minor problem of connecting the new projector to the network. The instructions were there in Japanese but not in English, and my reading ability was not sufficient to pick up on them. Thank You for the patience of the woman at the “Information Center” who walked me through the necessary steps. Thank You for the further degradation of my pride, that I’d like to get rid of completely! Help me live out Your Word more and more completely, so that it may accomplish through me everything for which You send it, (Isaiah 55:10-11) for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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May 12, 2017

Posted on May 13, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 30:6 The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

Some people try to say that the God of the Old Testament is a God of wrath, but this and many other passages speak of His grace and mercy. It is amusing to me that the Japanese for this verse says “cut off and discard the skin that wraps your hearts,” rather than “circumcise your hearts.” Circumcision never having been a part of Japanese culture, the image of circumcising hearts would be completely incomprehensible to most Japanese. What comes across to me, however, is that it is a process that can be very painful at the time (since anesthesia wasn’t invented until thousands of years later) but results in cleansing and greater sensitivity. In some ways the image of cutting off a callus might be easier to relate to, because we let all sorts of things dull our hearts, and they build up over time. God doesn’t hesitate to allow painful circumstances in our lives if they will help us open our eyes and turn to Him. My mother had a prayer that I think showed great insight: “Keep (them, me, whomever) from unnecessary pain.” She recognized that sometimes pain is very valuable, whether it is physical or emotional. We aren’t to seek it, certainly, but neither are we to run from it. There are things God needs to teach us that we can’t learn without pain, but once we have learned them we will be very glad we have done so. (Hebrews 12:11) One goal of spiritual growth is to need fewer and fewer of those painful lessons!

This truth is something the Lord needs to remind me of from time to time as I get tied in knots over painful circumstances. Right now I am in the middle of one such circumstance, having great difficulty getting the church computer to connect wirelessly to our new video projector. It’s particularly painful because I am the “go-to guy” for computer problems for several people, so this is a real blow to my pride. Pride is certainly something I need to have “cut off and discarded!” I need to be quiet enough before to Lord to hear His solution, whether that involves further study on my part or whether it involves calling in someone more experienced in this particular issue. That might not seem particularly spiritual to some people, but pride has always been a stumbling block for me, and I’ve had to “go under the knife” many times for it. I’m not to run away, but thank God for His mercy and grace, allowing Him to change me as He knows I need to, for His glory.

Father, thank You for Your grace and mercy on so many levels. Thank You for what You did yesterday, despite my emotional resistance at the time. Help me flow with Your Spirit today on Your schedule, resting, relaxing, and rejoicing in You just as You have told me, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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May 11, 2017

Posted on May 13, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 28:2 All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God.

This list of blessings is well known, and certainly seems attractive. A few of the things are so specifically agrarian that modern city dwellers might not relate to them, but even there the over-all meaning is very clear. That said, we have the stubborn tendency to overlook this verse; all these blessings are conditional. We want to wave a wand or say a few words and have everything turn out the way we want it to be, when God says the answer to blessing is obedience to Him. It is at times amazing how stubbornly we resist that! As John said, God’s commands are not burdensome, (1 John 5:3) but we resist them simply because they are commands. We can’t get it through our heads and hearts that God really is love, (1 John 4:8) which means that all His commands are expressions of love. We don’t like to concede that God’s smart and we aren’t, so we want to plot our own course rather than listen to Him for what He has prepared for us. His plans are always better than ours! When things aren’t turning out well for us, we need to do an attitude check first, and then see where we have failed to listen to God to obey Him. The first place to check is always priorities: what have we placed ahead of God? Any time something gets ahead of God in our heart, even if it’s a very good thing, it becomes an idol, and idolatry never works out well.

Some people assume that with my background, obeying God comes very easily to me. However, the big trap for me is taking God’s blessings for granted. I have spent far too much of my life essentially ignoring God, or perhaps treating Him as an accessory to my life. That has not worked out well! Knowing the Bible well is a good thing, but it does me very little good if I don’t apply it, put it into practice. (James 1:22) Having the Word of God in my head is not the same thing as having it in my heart. (Psalm 119:11) I am greatly blessed, but I desire a more fruitful ministry, seeing more lives changed. The answer isn’t to try to make it happen on my own, but to seek God more, to listen obediently to Him whether what He tells me makes sense to my intellect or not. Pride is the biggest problem, so I’ve got to let go of it more consistently. His plans are always better than mine, so I’d better be listening.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Sorry to keep needing such reminders! Thank You for Your plans for today. I ask for Your anointing as I teach this morning, that my students will be equipped as speech therapists and drawn toward You in the process. I ask Your presence and blessings on the evangelistic meeting I’ll be attending this evening. I pray that there would actually be seekers in attendance, rather than it just being a gathering of Christians. May Your will be done not only in the things that touch me directly but in everything, just as it is in heaven, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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May 10, 2017

Posted on May 12, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 26:14 “I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done everything you commanded me.”

This particular verse seems strange and irrelevant to most Westerners, but that’s not the case in Japan. The phrase that jumped out at me as I read it was, “offered any of it to the dead.” Most Japanese households have a Buddhist altar, and its purpose is very specifically veneration of the dead, which includes offering various foodstuffs. It is considered one of the duties of a good wife to offer a bowl of rice to her husband’s ancestors every day. If you take a gift of fruit or the like to a Japanese family, they are likely to place it on or in front of their Buddhist altar for a while at least, offering it to the ancestors before eating it themselves. Sometimes they forget it, and it has to be thrown out because it’s rotted! The whole matter of veneration of the dead is deeply ingrained in Japanese culture, and is a major stumbling block for Japanese Christians. Graves are of the utmost importance, and families go regularly to clean around them. With cremation, most graves have the ashes of multiple people in them, so each urn has to be identified in writing. Japanese Buddhism has been described, by multiple Japanese people I know, as a “funeral religion,” or “a religion of death.” That thinking has so permeated the culture that most Japanese churches have an annual memorial service to commemorate church members who have died. This illustrates the whole problem of separating faith from culture. In the West the majority of people are cultural Christians, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they are saved. In Japan, the majority of people are cultural Buddhists, while at the same time being cultural Shintoists, even though they may have no personal faith in either religion.

This has been a major issue for me all my life, since I was raised by American Christians in Japan. It has bothered me a great deal to go to Buddhist funerals and see people I knew were Christians offering incense to the deceased person. We have a widow in the church who automatically puts food gifts in front of her husband’s picture as soon as they are given to her (though she has disposed of her Buddhist altar). I have had to deal with how much of my faith is cultural, and how much Japanese culture does or doesn’t interfere with following Christ. It’s easy to say that I leave people’s salvation in God’s hands, but I am charged with leading people to salvation and living as Jesus’ disciples, and that puts me squarely in the middle of this issue. I frankly don’t have definitive answers, which keeps me humble. I am to speak the truth in love, not drawing back for fear of being rejected, but also not projecting that I have all the answers. I need to trust the guidance of the Holy Spirit, both in me and in the people to whom I minister.

Father, this is a real headache. Help me rest, relax, and rejoice in You, allowing You to speak Your truth and manifest Your wisdom and love through me, though I certainly can’t do it on my own. May Your truth indeed prevail and set people free, for their salvation and Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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May 9, 2017

Posted on May 12, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 26:11 And you and the Levites and the aliens among you shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.

Once again we have instructions that giving to God is to be a joyous occasion. It strikes me that this specifies that both the Levites, who were the religious professionals, and the “aliens,” who were the welfare recipients, were to rejoice. After all, they both were to benefit from the offerings that were given. We have trouble getting it through our heads that we give to God by giving to people. Those who receive offerings need to treat them as holy, dedicated to God, but that is their responsibility, not that of the person giving the offering. When we give to God we aren’t to do it carelessly, but neither are we to try to control what is done with it after it is out of our hands. Probably every church has people who try to control how their offerings are used. That is between the recipients and God. A fairly extreme, but not unheard of, example would be someone who wants to control what kind of car the pastor drives. If they have a car and want to give it, that’s one thing, but getting upset over the brand or model the pastor chooses to buy is another. That takes the joy out of it all the way around. We are to rejoice that we are able to give. If we put strings on our gifts, we haven’t really let go of them, and so haven’t really given them.

This is of practical importance to me as a pastor. We do have envelopes for designated offerings, which I don’t think is bad, so long as there aren’t further stipulations. It comes down to an issue of control. If we haven’t relinquished control, then we haven’t really given. There are assorted nuances to that. I remember one time my mother gave a rather valuable vase to be sold in a church bazaar, but when the people setting up the bazaar failed to recognize the value of it and priced it at $10, my mother bought it back. She didn’t want her gift to be wasted! I don’t think that violates what I’ve been talking about, because it wasn’t a matter of the use of whatever funds might have been gained from her gift, but of the valuation of it. Just yesterday I had a call from a man living in a group home for the handicapped, asking about giving to people in need. I told him what has been coming out in the readings recently, that we give to God through giving to people, and he seemed satisfied with that. It is a sign of his spiritual growth that he wants to give, even though his resources are quite limited. For myself, as one who receives offerings, I need to recognize them as holy and use them carefully. But then, I’m to be a careful steward of all the Lord places in my hands.

Father, thank You for what You’ve been saying recently through the readings. Guide me in helping the believers recognize and understand what they’re reading, so that we may grow in understanding and obedience in all areas, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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