Diving into angels today . . . I think I’m going to look up and sort all 250 mentions of them in Scripture to get a better idea. Electronics makes that easier, but it will still take a while. Thanks for prayers.
I’m feeling a real heaviness this afternoon over Norma (could she possibly be even thinner now than last time I saw her? 😦 ) and other friends going through such difficult times right now.
But I was reading some more of “Thriving in Babylon” a little while ago and was reminded:
“God provides us with what we need when we need it. He gives dying grace to dying men. … We walk by faith. … He has a just-in-time delivery system. He’s never a day late. He’s never a day early. … If we claim to be followers of Jesus, there’s never a good reason for panic. God loves a mess. After all, it takes a mess to have a miracle.”
I’d add, miracles sometimes, but more often it’s simply the grace & strength to carry on and to do the next thing — right when we need it, not before.
Someone else already sorted the angel verses, which saved me a lot of time. I then redid Tuesday’s study, discovered it wasn’t as bad as I thought, added a page about Jesus’ interactions and words on angels, and I’m done.
I’m now working ahead the next two weeks on demons, but I think I’m going to substitute/add a Bible study lesson or two from the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod on demons to make sure I’m square with the church’s theology.
I’ll then move into how to deal with spiritual warfare using Ephesians.
I suspect I may have been under a bit of spiritual attack myself.
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Diving into angels today . . . I think I’m going to look up and sort all 250 mentions of them in Scripture to get a better idea. Electronics makes that easier, but it will still take a while. Thanks for prayers.
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I’m feeling a real heaviness this afternoon over Norma (could she possibly be even thinner now than last time I saw her? 😦 ) and other friends going through such difficult times right now.
But I was reading some more of “Thriving in Babylon” a little while ago and was reminded:
“God provides us with what we need when we need it. He gives dying grace to dying men. … We walk by faith. … He has a just-in-time delivery system. He’s never a day late. He’s never a day early. … If we claim to be followers of Jesus, there’s never a good reason for panic. God loves a mess. After all, it takes a mess to have a miracle.”
I’d add, miracles sometimes, but more often it’s simply the grace & strength to carry on and to do the next thing — right when we need it, not before.
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Someone else already sorted the angel verses, which saved me a lot of time. I then redid Tuesday’s study, discovered it wasn’t as bad as I thought, added a page about Jesus’ interactions and words on angels, and I’m done.
I’m now working ahead the next two weeks on demons, but I think I’m going to substitute/add a Bible study lesson or two from the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod on demons to make sure I’m square with the church’s theology.
I’ll then move into how to deal with spiritual warfare using Ephesians.
I suspect I may have been under a bit of spiritual attack myself.
Thanks for prayers.
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Michelle, when you are done, could you just transfer a copy of all of that knowledge into my brain for me? Thanks.
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