Sunday review: August 23-28

As you’re pondering the struggles in your life, take time to remember the encouragement and insight in each of this week’s posts. Which of these did you miss? Which do you especially want to remember?

August 23
This is such good news! You may be tired and ready to give up, but God is not. He is neither tired nor weary. He is ready and able. And while you may not see or be able to notice, he is active and working even now.
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August 24
While we will endure suffering in this life, we do not have to live in fear. When we relentlessly obey Jesus we not only experience freedom, we become messengers, even ambassadors, of the King. Kingdom ambassadors don’t walk around in chains. Rather our works of doing justly, loving mercy, and walking humbly show others that through Jesus there is a pathway forward.
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August 25
To consider is to contemplate, to think about carefully, to study something. This requires some time and commitment. All of us have considered many factors when there was an important decision to be made. But sometimes the outcomes of our decisions suggest that maybe we actually didn’t think carefully enough, long enough. We sometimes allow convenience, selfishness, and conflict avoidance to win out over actually thinking things out.
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August 26
Isaiah said God would uphold his chosen. He will give support to the chosen of God. He will defend the chosen. He will even elevate the chosen. But all according to his timetable. That’s the thing, isn’t it? His timetable? Those in exile then and those in the pandemic now would prefer to set the timetable. Everyone in trouble of any kind wants to set the rescue timetable. We are sure we know best.
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August 27
If I want to see clearly today, I will need to check in with the source of light and life. If I want to live a life that expresses amazing grace to others, I must daily take up my cross and follow Jesus.
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August 28
I’m trying to figure out how to take comfort from my faith without settling for a faith that’s merely comfortable. That’s an issue to keep pondering long after my delightful day at the fair.
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