Genesis 5:29 - Noah (who found grace/favor) "No longer needed toil"


Genesis 5:29 And he called his name Noah Which signifies rest and comfort; for rest gives comfort, and comfort flows from rest, see (2 Samuel 14:17), where a word from the same root is rendered "comfortable", and agrees with the reason of the name, as follows: saying, this same shall comfort us, concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground, which the Lord hath cursed;

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Proverbs 1:3 - Equity

 Proverbs 1:3 

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity;

eq·ui·ty /ˈekwədē/ noun 1. the quality of being fair and impartial."equity of treatment"

Similar: fairness, justice, fair play, impartiality, egalitarianism, honesty, integrity, rightness, rectitude, uprightness, righteousness, decency, goodness, conscientiousness, reasonableness, disinterest, neutrality, objectivity, balance, open-mindedness

Opposite: inequity, imbalance


 

Matthew 1:6 God remembers those who are His

 Matthew 1:6 and Jesse begot David the king. David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.

Uriah = "light of Jehovah", the husband of Bathsheba, one of David's mighty men


Jeremiah 1:5 - The audition has been canceled.

In fact, before we even audition, God has not just turned around, but He's already come down off his seat from the throne room of heaven to declare "I want you."  - Zach Zehnder

Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."  








#RedLetterChallenge #Day39 #IdentityInChrist 


Mark 10:17-27 -- #GoodPain #RedLetterChallenge #Day32 #giving


Giving and sacrificing is like exercising and working out, at first you will be very sore.  But as you push yourself, you will realize it's "good pain."