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Welcome to Wisdom for the Day, your daily source for spiritual refreshment and guidance.
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I'm Rick.
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Join me as I dive into God's Word to find clarity and strength for life's challenges.
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Let me help you embrace each day with faith and wisdom, ready to feel inspired.
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Let's get started.
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Today is Day 30, new Home.
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From Isaiah 65, 17,.
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From the New Living Translation See, I will create new heavens and a new earth.
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The story of our journey with God starts with creation.
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God made the world and declared it was very good.
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That's from Genesis 1.31.
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But sin has deeply impacted our experience in this world.
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It surrounds us with harm and destruction and even for those of us who know the gift of salvation in Christ, we still feel sorrow.
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We grieve lives that are cut short and we pour effort into projects that we may never see completed in this life.
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In the face of this, god draws our attention yeah, he draws our attention to his ongoing work of renewing creation.
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Isaiah's call to see deliberately echoes the creation story in Genesis, but it also moves us beyond it.
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God's ongoing work brings the kingdom of God that Jesus proclaimed in Mark 1.15 into an ever-growing reality around us Now, while our journey with God begins with creation, it leads us through the mission of Jesus.
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Through him, the spirit opens our eyes to see the renewal that God has already begun, not just the physical blessings like health or prosperity, but in peace so profound that all of creation is involved.
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This peace is symbolized by images like the wolf and the lamb feeding together.
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Now, as you seek signs of renewal, you need to think about how is creation being cared for?
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How are the poor and vulnerable protected?
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How are the devil's schemes being stopped or held back?
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This year, as you continue your journey with God, take time to look around and marvel at the new creation unfolding and rejoice in the complete work of Christ's salvation.
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Won't you pray with me, father?
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God, we love you so much.
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Lord, show us where you're renewing, both us and our world, by the work of Jesus, amen.
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Well, that's all for today.
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Well, that's all for today, but I'll be back tomorrow with more of God's Word.
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Intro and outro music by Weston McCurry Until tomorrow, I'm Rick.
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I love you, see ya.