Oct 12 (Mon)
"New week, new mercy! 🌅💪 Grace doesn't run dry on Mondays! Lam 3:23 ❤️ What will you begin fresh this week? #StrongMarriage #October"

Five words to hold onto: God is greater than all.

No one is good, except God alone.

Luke 18:19

Reality.

“Moses considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.” Hebrews 11:26

The secret of self-denying obedience.

Meditating on future pleasure (reward)
motivates the embrace of present pain (reproach).

Jesus is not going to force you into heaven against your will. If you don't want Him now, you're not going to want Him in eternity.

No one is good, except God alone.

Luke 18:19

Reality.

💎Week 2: Financial Faithfulness and Generosity

🪙 Q9 Commentary: The Divine Calculation of Real Sacrifice

🎯 Correct Answer: A

• 📖 The Scriptural Blueprint: Luke 21:4 (ESV) records Jesus' observation, “For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

• 💡 The Theological Insight: Our Lord calculates the spiritual value of an offering by what a person retains, not merely by what they drop into the box. The wealthy gave vast sums out of an excess that cost them nothing in terms of security or lifestyle. The widow’s two copper coins represented total, vulnerable dependence upon the providence of a Sovereign God. Her gift was a stinging rebuke to the superficiality of the corrupt religious elite.

⚠️ Strategy Breakdown: Options B and C loaded up modern evangelical idioms regarding "pure motives" to capture voters relying on emotional assumptions.

💎Week 2: Financial Faithfulness and Generosity

💎 Q10 Commentary: The True Portfolio of Unshakeable Gain

🎯 Correct Answer: D

• 📖 The Scriptural Blueprint: 1 Timothy 6:6 (ESV) provides the definitive formula: “But godliness with contentment is great gain.”

• 💡 The Theological Insight: Paul ruthlessly deconstructs the false teaching that faith is a tool for material advancement. He presents a spiritual net worth immune to worldly markets. When an internal life fully anchored in the truth of Christ (godliness) merges with absolute peace regarding current material limits (contentment), the believer holds an enduring wealth that money cannot buy or destroy.

• ⚠️ Strategy Breakdown: Option A borrowed imagery from Paul's testimony in Philippians 4:12 to catch voters relying on generic Pauline catchphrases.

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October 13: The Last Person You Would Expect

#Devotional

Ezekiel 26:1–27:36; Revelation 13:1–10; Job 36:13–23

Yahweh is capable of doing anything and everything He pleases. If He were not a good God, this would be deeply frightening, but considering His wonderful character, this is comforting.

In Ezekiel 26:1–6, Yahweh describes the sins of Tyre and His plans against the powerful Phoenician city-state. The people of Tyre are arrogant. They do as they please, usually to the detriment of other people. Yahweh refuses to put up with this any longer. When He finally destroys Tyre, He does it through unexpected means: Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Neo-Babylonian empire from 605–562 bc. Despite Nebuchadnezzar’s cruel and ruthless nature, Yahweh uses him to enact punishment on Tyre (Ezek 26:7).

Stories like this make me wonder how written prophecy would look today. How often would we see God use people without their realizing it? How many evil-hearted people have been used for a larger and better purpose?

We’re never really certain how God is acting. We learn bits of information through prayer and the Bible, but only He knows what outcome He will produce. We know the trajectory—Christ’s full reign on earth and the admonishment of evil (e.g., the destruction of the beast in Rev 13:1–10)—but we don’t know precisely how that will play out.

There is no easy answer to this perplexing question, but what is certain is that Yahweh will ultimately carry out His will in the world. And His will might come in unexpected ways. No one can know the mind of God but God Himself. So when we pray, let’s pray for the miracle, not for the means.

How do you perceive God acting in your life and the lives of others? What miracle should you be praying for?

October 13 - Miracle at Bethesda

#LifeOfChrist

“After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, waiting for the moving of the waters; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted. A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, ‘Do you wish to get well?’ The sick man answered Him, ‘Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.’ Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk” (John 5:1–9).

This miracle perfectly illustrates God’s sovereign grace in action. Out of all the sick people at the pool, Jesus chose to heal this one man. There was nothing about him that made him more deserving than the others, nor did he seek out Jesus; Jesus approached him. The Lord did not choose him because He foresaw that he had the faith to believe; he never did express belief that Jesus could heal him.

It is the same way in salvation. Out of the spiritually dead multitude of Adam’s fallen race, God chose and redeemed His elect—not because of anything they did to deserve it, or because of their foreseen faith, but because of His sovereign choice.

Ask Yourself

Be on the lookout for people in need—those you meet in very random encounters, as well as those you know well, people you see on a fairly routine basis. Wherever possible, be part of bringing hope and compassion to those who think no one really cares about them. Understand that you represent Jesus’ love and mercy everywhere you go.

DAY 13: What were the Prison Epistles, and what prison was Paul in when he wrote them?
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“You joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.” Hebrews 10:34

This “pie in the sky” is the most powerful earthly force for good.

Seeing the truth of the gospel — that Christ’s work means the Father is completely, 100% on your side — enables you to trust God and do as he tells you.

Begin your morning by praying a Psalm:

Prayer of Holiness - Ps 4
Prayer for Divine Action - Ps 7
Prayer as Ascent to God - Ps 25
Prayer of a Pilgrim - Ps 39
Prayer for Refuge - Ps 46
Prayer at all times - Ps 55
Prayer of Trust - Ps 71
Prayer as Praise - Ps 96

Believers, don't grow weary in doing good. Your labor for the Lord is never in vain. Keep your eyes on the eternal reward waiting in Heaven.

WEEK 3 — Hidden Preparation (Oct 12–18)

13. October 13 (Tuesday)
Dear Daughter,

A sculptor removes marble no one will ever see was there — the hidden cuts shape what the world eventually calls beautiful.
Let God remove things from your character in private that no one but your husband will ever know were even issues.

Private formation shapes public grace.
'He who began a good work in you will carry it on' (Phil 1:6).

What private work is God doing in you that your marriage is quietly benefiting from?
#DearDaughter #HiddenSculpting #StrongMarriage

It's a beautiful thing to know, that God is still on the throne.

Oct 13 (Tue)
"Patience is love, slowed down on purpose! ⏳❤️ 1 Cor 13:4 💞 Where do you need patience today? #StrongMarriage #October"

To follow Jesus Christ is the greatest adventure you could ever undertake. Pursuing Him fulfills your greatest purpose, which is to magnify His glory. Trusting Him meets your greatest need, namely, the forgiveness of sin. Loving Christ gives you the greatest pleasure, the supreme joy of knowing Him.