“Everyone in the meeting place looked straight at Jesus.”
That’s a good posture, looking straight at Jesus. Whatever we bring to that gaze – adoration, curiosity, puzzlement – the face of Christ is the world’s best focal point. Everything else gets clearer, sometimes by fading away entirely, when we cast our eyes upon him. This is the heart of worship, looking straight at him.
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Most of us have grown up being told to make our beds. It is a chore. But it begins the day with a small accomplishment, restoring order to the chaos of the bed on which we rested the night before.
Our God is a God of order and distinction, separating the day from the night, the land from the sea, male from female.
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“Clear a path in the desert! Make a straight road for the Lord our God” (verse 3). If these words sound familiar, that’s because John the Baptist is recorded speaking them in the New Testament (Matthew 3:3 and John 1:23). And the message is clear through the ages: “The Lord is coming, so repent and prepare!”
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In addition to the three things mentioned in Joel 2:28-32 concerning the coming of the day of the Lord (the outpouring of God’s Spirit, signs and wonders, and salvation for those who turn to the Lord) there are three more things that will happen on the day of the Lord.
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