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March 2
Tuesday


GOD IS HERE

READ:
Luke 4:16-21
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[The LORD] heals the
brokenhearted and
binds up their wounds.
__Psalm 147:3
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Leslie and her two daughters were about to be evicted from their home. Although Leslie believed that God could help, so far He hadn't given a clue as to how. She wondered, Where is God? As she drove to the courthouse, she prayed for God's intervention. Then she heard a song on the radio proclaiming, "God is here! Let the brokenhearted rejoice." Could this be the assurance from God that she was longing to hear?

Inside the courtroom, Leslie stood before the judge, heard his decision, and signed the legal documents, but still God had not given her an answer.

As Leslie was walking to her car, a truck, pulled up beside her. "Ma'am," said the driver, "I heard your testimony inside the courtroom, and I believe God wants me to help you." And he did. Gary helped Leslie get in contact with a woman from a local church who was able to work with the parties involved to reverse the process so that she and her girls could stay in their home.

When people ask, "Where is God?" the answer is, "Right here." One way God is at work is through Christians like Gary who are continuing the work Jesus started--healing the brokenhearted and binding up their wounds (Ps. 147:3).
__Julie Ackerman Link
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`````````````````God is here; He stands beside you.```````````````
```````````````God is here; He wants to guide you.````````````````
`````````````````God is here and He will help you,````````````````
````````````So do not fear--Your God is near. __D. De Haan`````````
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When we love God, we will serve people.

**************Today's Bible Reading __ Luke 4:16-21*************

16 So He came to
Nazareth, where He had
been brought up. And as
His custom was, he went
into the synagogue on the
Sabbath day, and stood up
to read. 17 And he was
handed the book of the
prophet Isaiah. And when
He had opened the book,
He found the place where it
was written:

18 "The Spirit of the LORD
is upon Me, because He has
anointed Me to preach the
gospel to the poor; He has
sent Me to heal the
brokenhearted, to proclaim
liberty to the captives and
recovery of sight to the
blind, to set at liberty those
who are oppressed; 19 to
proclaim the acceptable
year of the LORD."

20 Then He closed the
book, and gave it back to
the attendant and sat down.
And the eyes of all who
were in the synagogue were
fixed on Him. 21 and He
began to say to them,
"Today this Scripture is
fulfilled in your hearing."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In today's Bible reading, we see Jesus announcing His arrival as the
Messiah of Israel. Quoting from Isaiah 61:1-2, our Lord declares that
His would be a mission of rescue--including the rescue of those who
had been marginalized by the world of that day. Notice the terms
used to describe the people who are often pushed to the fringes of
life: "poor," "brokenhearted," "captives," "blind," and "oppressed."
The Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary suggests that "the
acceptable year of the LORD" (v.19) may be "an allusion to the jubilee
year (Lev. 25:10), a year of universal release for person and property.
(See also Isa. 49:8; 2 Cor. 6:2)" __BILL CROWDER