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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

How would you finish [this] sentence? “One thing have I desired of the Lord; that will I seek after _________.” What is the greatest desire and longing of your heart? In the answer to that question lies the explanation for much of what we do – our choices, our priorities, our use of time, the way we spend money, the way we respond to pressure, whom or what we love. [King] David’s answer (see Psm. 27:4) reveals why God could say, “This man’s heart beats like mine.”
Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Why do any of us get upset or tense when confronted? Why do any of us activate our inner lawyer and rise to our own defense? Why do any of us turn the tables and remind the other person that we are not the only sinner in the room? Why do we argue about the facts or dispute the other person’s interpretation. We do all of these things because we are convinced in our hearts that we are more righteous that how than we are being portrayed in the moment of confrontation. Proud people don’t welcome loving warning, rebuke, confrontation, question, criticism, or accountability, because they don’t feel the need for it. And when they do fail, they are very good at erecting plausible reasons for what they said or did, given the stress of the situation or relationship in which it was done.
Paul David Tripp

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    Novena

    NOVENA

    BASIC R.C. BELIEF Nine days (or once a week for nine weeks) of public or private prayer, usually in preparation for some feast. This practice is supposed to come from the nine days after Christ’s Ascension that the Apostles waited for the Holy Spirit, or from the nine months Jesus spent in Mary’s womb before His birth.

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