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Saturday, January 2, 2010

January 2 ... Genesis 4 - 7 "No One Has Ever Seen Their Face"

Genesis 4:6 - "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?" When my world, my relationships tell me what they see going on in me, do I really listen? God asks so many questions throughout the Bible to get people to look at their hearts. I hope I ask more questions this year rather than telling.
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  1. Mary LouJanuary 2, 2010 at 3:59 PM

    Great observation and a great question to ask ourselves..believe I will be trying to not tell God anything but listening and asking what is it He wants me to learn in each circumstance and situation that arises...thanks Bev

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  2. Bev Brandon @ The FrayJanuary 2, 2010 at 8:50 PM

    I actually quoted Gen 4:6 from NIV instead of The Message---my mistake. Thanks Mary Lou. I have been asking God to help me ask people good questions rather than telling them what I think.

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  3. micheleJanuary 2, 2010 at 10:29 PM

    : )

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  4. twinkleJanuary 2, 2010 at 11:36 PM

    Genesis 6 -

    Some days I feel like Noah. Our world is becoming so dark with evil. I am so glad Noah found favor with God and was saved from destruction. I guess we can all trace our family tree back to Noah and then back to Adam.

    God's anger could have sizzled to the point of total destruction of this world He created. But Noah found favor. I sure hope we please God, like Noah did. Wondering what caught God's eye about Noah...

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  5. Bev Brandon @ The FrayJanuary 3, 2010 at 12:22 AM

    I thought about you Deborah when I read Gen 6:8...I think He likes what He sees!

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  6. twinkleJanuary 3, 2010 at 1:23 AM

    I love that verse. He was a man of integrity.

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  7. annie's eyesJanuary 3, 2010 at 10:02 AM

    "Why are you angry?" stood out to me. God recently has been exposing anger behind many of my responses to situations. The "Why" is due to unforgiveness. Maybe not in a stranger driving and following too closely, which made me angry yesterday (and I'm not sure why) but in my recounting old events that cast negative light on loved ones. It only exposes my hard heartedness, not others'.

    Keep asking questions and remind us to ask ourselves the hard things, and allow God to use them as refining tools.

    I'm not finished with this question yet, but will continue to ask--and the answers are telling me areas of my life that need His healing touch.

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  8. Abba's GirlJanuary 3, 2010 at 6:14 PM

    I am posting daily on annettescovertocover.blogspot.com on my impressions and thoughts of each days readings.

    What really stood out to me today was Cain leaving God's presence and being in no man's land. I do not want to be in no man's land because of my sin. I want to walk closely with God.

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