Subtopic of Remember
Coming back to what God has said and done.
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Hebrews 11:38 says the world was not worthy of the very people it treated as failures. A Greek deep dive into a verse that overturns how we measure a faithful life.
Day thirty-four of a walk through the whole Bible to know the God who speaks, opened up. Genesis 19:15-29 in the original words: the doubled verb for Lot's lingering, the furnace smoke Israel saw again at Sinai, and why their own lives hung on God remembering Abraham.
Day ten of a walk through the whole Bible to know the God who speaks, opened up. Genesis 8 ends the flood with a first altar and a permanent promise, and the promise rests on one repeated Hebrew word. The reason God gives for never flooding the earth again, the evil yetser of the human heart, is word for word the reason He gave for sending the flood. Humanity stayed exactly the same. The altar is what changed. The olah and its reyach nichoach, the pleasing aroma, run straight to the fragrant offering of Christ.
Day ten of a walk through the whole Bible to know the God who speaks. In Genesis 8 the ground has been dry for weeks, yet Noah stays in the ark until God tells him to come out. Then he builds the first altar in Scripture, and over its smoke God makes a promise that still holds every spring, that seedtime and harvest will never cease. The surprise is the reason God gives, and where the altar points.
God remembered Noah (Genesis 8:1): zakar, the Hebrew verb for remember, is covenant faithfulness in action, and the ruach wind over the flood echoes Genesis 1.
God remembered Noah (Genesis 8:1): in Scripture, God remembering means God acting on His promise. Then the slow wait, the raven, the dove and the olive leaf.
The Doxa mark is a mountain range with a path through it. Here is what it says about the encouragement God gives you, and how Daily Faith Steps helps you record it, remember it and return to it.
Listen first, thank specifically, and remind them of the fruit of their service. Encouragement cannot fix excessive workload or unresolved conflict.
A pastoral guide for when God feels silent: what to say, a 30 minute conversation outline, sample wording, and a remembering exercise.
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To remember is to refuse to forget. The God of the Bible is constantly telling His people to remember. Stones at the Jordan. Bread on the table. Names in a journal. Memory is how faith survives the in-between.
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Every word He speaks is an invitation to know Him. Engage His encouragement.
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