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* It's good to suffer loss, for it draws me to the Cross where God's loss is more than what anyone ever lost. * We cannot hear what the stories of the Bible are saying until we hear them as stories about ourselves. * Let go of control. * Trust God. Thank God. Think about God. Talk to God. Talk about God.
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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

One Thing I Ask is to See God's Beauty (Psalm 27:1-14)

"The Lord is my light and my salvationwhom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?" (Ps 27:1) "One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple" (Ps 27:4).
  1. Confidence (Ps 27:1-3). Whom shall I fear (Ps 27:1)?
  2. Desire (Ps 27:4-6). One thing I ask (Ps 27:4).
  3. Plea (Ps 27:7-12). Hear my voice (Ps 27:7).
  4. Confidence (Ps 27:13-14). Wait for the Lord (Ps 27:13).
God is one (Dt 6:4). I have one life. Regardless of what happens, do I have one desire? One passion? One direction? One motivation? One trajectory of life? One heart? One Lord? One faith? One wife? One family? One church? Rick Warren says, "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing." Paul says, "my only aim" (Ac 20:24) and "One thing I do" (Phil 3:13).