'40Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. 41“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” '

Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word. '

'29c That joy is mine, and it is now complete. 30He must become greater; I must become less.

John 3:29c-30

'6“This is what the Lord says— Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God. 7Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and lay out before me what has happened since I established my ancient people, and what is yet to come— yes, let them foretell what will come.

8Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.” '

Mercy and Acknowledgment is what Yah's after... not burnt offerings and sacrifices

~CoryCabri

'For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. '

'23Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.'

'28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”'

Job considered his righteousness to be the key to his plentifulness. After he lost everything he insisted God treated the unrighteous better than the righteous.

Does my unrighteous deeds deserve God's Favor? When I receive a famine during the times of my righteous acts, am I being punished? Or, should I consider how God rains on the Just and the Unjust, and know, I MUST be GRATEFUL in times of safety and in times of trouble...

~Cory Cabri