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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 31.
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New things From the book of Revelation, chapter 21, verse 5.
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From the New Living Translation, I am making everything new Now.
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Over the past month we've explored God's work of renewing His people and all of creation.
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We've seen how sin brought struggles and pain to human life and how, through his grace, god offers new life to all who trust in Christ's finished work of salvation.
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Now, in the final chapters of the Bible, we catch a glimpse of how the story ends.
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All things are made new.
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God's new creation is remarkable not just for what it includes, but for what it will no longer hold.
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There'll be no more death or mourning or crying and pain and deception or shame.
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Even the sea it's often seen as a symbol of chaos and evil in Revelation is gone.
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Eternity also promises incredible things that we're going to experience.
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The new creation is vibrant and full of life.
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Heaven is not pictured as some distant place up there, but as a city coming down to earth, merging heaven and earth into a restored creation.
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The best part God himself will be there For all who follow Jesus and trust in him, nothing could be more fulfilling.
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We don't just look forward to reunions with loved ones or an eternal vacation.
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We long for the chance to live forever in the presence of our Creator.
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Our Redeemer, god is making all things new and through Christ we can be part of that renewal.
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Follow Him and live in the joy of God's new creation.
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Pray with me, father, god of creation and eternity.
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Let me see your finished work.
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Fill my heart with excitement as I see your new creation and in your grace, make me new in Christ too.
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In Jesus, precious name, I pray, amen.
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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.