1 Timothy 2:3b – Simple Pleasures

The carpenter's hand rests on a new table (Grok)

… and pleases God our Savior …

Summary: Pleasing God often sounds like a daunting task, yet our God is pleased when we simply trust him with our prayers. 

If you were God, what would please you? 

I suppose that is a rather silly question, but asking it helps us put ourselves in God’s position. If we were God, would we want our creation to please us, or would we have to compromise and “settle for” whatever our creation decided to do? 

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Courage – John 10: 31-32

Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, ‘’I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”

Some things never change. People talk about bad behavior online all the time and how violent the arguments sometimes get, but really …

In Jesus’ day, there was no “Facebook” or “Instagram” or online chatrooms to engage in. Everything was face to face, and instead of just ANGRILY TYPING EVERYTHING IN CAPITAL LETTERS!!!!!! the people back then actually picked up rocks to throw at Jesus.

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