Posts with the tag “humility”
Day 54: Numbers 11-13; Mark 6:1-29
by Jonathan Merki on February 23rd, 2023
"Moses was a very humble man, more so than anyone on the face of the earth." (Numbers 12:3, CSB)"That which brings a praying soul near to God is a humble heart. That which gives wings to prayer is a humble mind...Humility holds in its keeping the very life of prayer. There is no power in prayer to ascend without it...God dwells in the lowly places. He makes lowly places often the most high places... Read More
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Day 33: Exodus 31-33; Matthew 22:23-46-
by Jonathan Merki on February 2nd, 2023
What's that I hear?As Moses and his protégé, Joshua, head down the mountain to respond to the fickle, sinful people who have utterly abandoned God in very short order after encountering His glorious presence, Joshua, before seeing anything, observes: "There is the sound of war in the camp" (Exodus 32:17). Moses sets him straight: "That's not war! That raucous sound is 'the people throwing a party'... Read More
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