Latest / Daily Bible Refresh / What Are “the Things That Make for Peace” in Our City? (Luke 19:41–44)
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- 0:55today's
- 0:55reading.
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- 0:57our
- 0:57reading
- 0:57from
- 0:58the
- 0:58Gospel
- 0:58of
- 0:58Luke
- 0:5919:41
- 1:0144
- 1:02from
- 1:02the
- 1:02Message
- 1:03when
- 1:03the
- 1:04city
- 1:04came
- 1:04into
- 1:04view,
- 1:05he
- 1:05wept
- 1:05over
- 1:05it.
- 1:06If
- 1:07you'd
- 1:07only
- 1:07recognize
- 1:08this
- 1:08day
- 1:08and
- 1:09everything
- 1:09that
- 1:09was
- 1:09good
- 1:10for
- 1:10you.
- 1:10But
- 1:10now
- 1:11it's
- 1:11too
- 1:11late.
- 1:12In
- 1:12the
- 1:12days
- 1:12ahead,
- 1:13your
- 1:13enemies
- 1:13are
- 1:13going
- 1:14to
- 1:14bring
- 1:14up
- 1:14their
- 1:14heavy
- 1:15artillery
- 1:15and
- 1:16surround
- 1:16you,
- 1:16pressing
- 1:17in
- 1:17from
- 1:17every
- 1:18side.
- 1:19They'll
- 1:19smash
- 1:19you
- 1:20and
- 1:20your
- 1:20babies
- 1:20on
- 1:21the
- 1:21pavement.
- 1:22Not
- 1:22one
- 1:22stone
- 1:23would
- 1:23be
- 1:23left
- 1:23intact.
- 1:25All
- 1:25this
- 1:26because
- 1:26you
- 1:26didn't
- 1:26recognize
- 1:27and
- 1:27welcome
- 1:28God's
- 1:29personal
- 1:30visit.
- 1:32That
- 1:32ends
- 1:33the
- 1:33that
- 1:33ends
- 1:33the
- 1:33reading.
- 1:34My
- 1:34friend
- 1:34and
- 1:35I
- 1:35just
- 1:35want
- 1:35to
- 1:35thank
- 1:35you
- 1:36for
- 1:36making
- 1:36some
- 1:36space
- 1:37in
- 1:37your
- 1:37life
- 1:38for
- 1:38me
- 1:38today.
- 1:39Our
- 1:39reading
- 1:39is
- 1:40from
- 1:40Luke
- 1:4019:41
- 1:4144
- 1:42and
- 1:42Jesus
- 1:43is
- 1:43looking
- 1:43over
- 1:44the
- 1:44city
- 1:44that
- 1:44he
- 1:45loves
- 1:45Jerusalem.
- 1:46And
- 1:46he
- 1:46weeps.
- 1:46And
- 1:46he
- 1:47he
- 1:47really
- 1:48weeps
- 1:48because
- 1:48he
- 1:48really
- 1:48wants
- 1:49the
- 1:49city
- 1:49to
- 1:49recognize
- 1:51everything
- 1:52that
- 1:52is
- 1:52good
- 1:53for
- 1:53it
- 1:54and
- 1:54recognize
- 1:55the
- 1:55things
- 1:55that
- 1:56are
- 1:56meant
- 1:56for
- 1:56peace,
- 1:57that
- 1:57make
- 1:57for
- 1:57peace.
- 1:58And
- 1:58he
- 1:59really
- 1:59It's
- 2:00a
- 2:00warning
- 2:00here
- 2:01about
- 2:01rejecting
- 2:03God's
- 2:03visit
- 2:04and
- 2:05knowing
- 2:05that
- 2:05there
- 2:05will
- 2:05be
- 2:06consequences
- 2:06of
- 2:07this
- 2:07siege,
- 2:08destruction,
- 2:09grief.
- 2:09It's
- 2:09a
- 2:09hard
- 2:10passage,
- 2:10to
- 2:10be
- 2:11sure,
- 2:11but
- 2:12it's
- 2:12not
- 2:12a
- 2:12threatening
- 2:13one.
- 2:13It
- 2:13It's
- 2:13a
- 2:13love
- 2:14soaked
- 2:15lament
- 2:16about
- 2:17a
- 2:17suffering
- 2:17heart
- 2:18and
- 2:18Jesus
- 2:18is
- 2:18weeping
- 2:19over
- 2:19it.
- 2:20So
- 2:20let's
- 2:21take
- 2:21a
- 2:21look
- 2:21at
- 2:21some
- 2:22points
- 2:22to
- 2:22ponder
- 2:25from
- 2:25a
- 2:25progressive
- 2:26perspective.
- 2:27The
- 2:28first
- 2:28is
- 2:28that
- 2:29tears
- 2:29are
- 2:29truth,
- 2:30not
- 2:30weakness.
- 2:31Jesus
- 2:32cries
- 2:33in
- 2:33public.
- 2:34Progressive
- 2:35faith
- 2:35takes
- 2:35lament
- 2:36seriously,
- 2:37naming
- 2:38harm
- 2:38without
- 2:39numbing
- 2:39it
- 2:39or
- 2:40spiritualizing
- 2:40it
- 2:41away.
- 2:41Healthy
- 2:42communities
- 2:42make
- 2:43room
- 2:43for
- 2:43grief
- 2:43over
- 2:44violence,
- 2:45inequity,
- 2:46racism
- 2:46and
- 2:46all
- 2:47the
- 2:47avoidable
- 2:48pains.
- 2:49Things
- 2:50like
- 2:50hospital
- 2:50bills
- 2:51that
- 2:51crush
- 2:51families,
- 2:52kids
- 2:53hungry
- 2:53at
- 2:53school,
- 2:54neighbors
- 2:55priced
- 2:56out
- 2:56of
- 2:56fair
- 2:56housing.
- 2:57If
- 2:58our
- 2:58faith
- 2:58can't
- 2:59hold
- 2:59tears
- 3:00it
- 3:00can't
- 3:00hold
- 3:00people.
- 3:03Here's
- 3:03another
- 3:03point
- 3:04to
- 3:04ponder.
- 3:05Peace
- 3:05is
- 3:06a
- 3:06policy,
- 3:06not
- 3:07just
- 3:07a
- 3:07feeling.
- 3:09The
- 3:09things
- 3:09that
- 3:09make
- 3:10for
- 3:10peace
- 3:10are
- 3:10concrete
- 3:12things
- 3:12like
- 3:12justice,
- 3:13honesty,
- 3:13shared
- 3:14power,
- 3:15de
- 3:15escalation,
- 3:17neighborly
- 3:17care
- 3:18and
- 3:18systems
- 3:18that
- 3:18reduce
- 3:19harm.
- 3:20A
- 3:20progressive
- 3:21perspective
- 3:21on
- 3:21this
- 3:22means
- 3:22resisting
- 3:23fatalism.
- 3:24We
- 3:25choose
- 3:25non
- 3:26violence
- 3:26in
- 3:26our
- 3:27speeches
- 3:27and
- 3:27in
- 3:28our
- 3:28budgets,
- 3:29investing
- 3:29in
- 3:30things
- 3:30like
- 3:30mental
- 3:30health
- 3:31access,
- 3:32fair
- 3:32wages,
- 3:32housing
- 3:33and
- 3:34community
- 3:34based
- 3:34responses
- 3:35to
- 3:35crisis
- 3:36and
- 3:36practices
- 3:37that
- 3:37center
- 3:38on
- 3:38those
- 3:38most
- 3:38impacted.
- 3:40A
- 3:40third
- 3:41point
- 3:41to
- 3:41ponder,
- 3:43God's
- 3:43visit
- 3:43often
- 3:44comes
- 3:44from
- 3:44the
- 3:45margins.
- 3:46Jerusalem
- 3:47didn't
- 3:47recognize
- 3:48and
- 3:48welcome
- 3:49God's
- 3:49personal
- 3:49visit,
- 3:51embodied
- 3:51in
- 3:51a
- 3:52Galilean
- 3:52rabbi
- 3:53riding
- 3:53on
- 3:53a
- 3:54humble
- 3:54colt
- 3:54today.
- 3:55God's
- 3:56invitations
- 3:56often
- 3:57arrive
- 3:58through
- 3:58those
- 3:58we
- 3:58overlook.
- 4:01Youth,
- 4:02immigrants,
- 4:03the
- 4:04poor,
- 4:05the
- 4:05sick,
- 4:07LGBTQ
- 4:08folks
- 4:09and
- 4:10folks
- 4:10long
- 4:10excluded
- 4:11from
- 4:11power.
- 4:13Progressive
- 4:13discipleship
- 4:14trains
- 4:14us
- 4:14to
- 4:14recognize
- 4:15wisdom
- 4:15from
- 4:15the
- 4:16edges
- 4:16and
- 4:17change
- 4:17our
- 4:17life
- 4:18together
- 4:18accordingly.
- 4:21Let's
- 4:21think
- 4:22about
- 4:22an
- 4:22action
- 4:22step
- 4:22for
- 4:23this
- 4:23week.
- 4:24Do
- 4:24the
- 4:25peacemaking
- 4:26thing
- 4:27that
- 4:27you
- 4:27can
- 4:27measure
- 4:29that
- 4:29is,
- 4:29for
- 4:29instance,
- 4:30listen.
- 4:31Take
- 4:31a
- 4:32short
- 4:32walk,
- 4:3310,
- 4:3415,
- 4:3420
- 4:34minutes,
- 4:35a
- 4:36lament
- 4:36walk
- 4:38with
- 4:38someone
- 4:39who's
- 4:39going
- 4:39under
- 4:40strain
- 4:40in
- 4:40their
- 4:40life,
- 4:42someone
- 4:42dealing
- 4:42with
- 4:42cancer
- 4:43or
- 4:43someone
- 4:43dealing
- 4:44with
- 4:44a
- 4:45divorce
- 4:45or
- 4:45someone
- 4:46dealing
- 4:46with
- 4:46some
- 4:46parenting
- 4:47issues
- 4:48or
- 4:49someone
- 4:49dealing
- 4:49with
- 4:50financial
- 4:50crises,
- 4:52and
- 4:52just
- 4:52allow
- 4:53them
- 4:53to
- 4:53lament
- 4:54and
- 4:54lament
- 4:55with
- 4:55them.
- 4:55That
- 4:55means
- 4:55sharing
- 4:56a
- 4:56tear
- 4:57and
- 4:58ask
- 4:59what
- 4:59would
- 4:59make
- 5:00this
- 5:00week
- 5:00more
- 5:01peaceful
- 5:01for
- 5:01them
- 5:02and
- 5:03listen
- 5:03to
- 5:03them,
- 5:04not
- 5:04trying
- 5:05to
- 5:05fix
- 5:05them,
- 5:05but
- 5:05just
- 5:06be
- 5:06a
- 5:06good
- 5:06listener.
- 5:08Another
- 5:08thing
- 5:08you
- 5:08can
- 5:09do
- 5:09is
- 5:09de
- 5:09escalate.
- 5:10Decide
- 5:10if
- 5:10there's
- 5:11a
- 5:12boundary
- 5:12that
- 5:12you
- 5:13can
- 5:14approach
- 5:16that
- 5:16just
- 5:17has
- 5:17some
- 5:17tension
- 5:17to
- 5:18it
- 5:19and
- 5:19to
- 5:19try
- 5:19to
- 5:20de
- 5:21escalate
- 5:21it.
- 5:21I
- 5:21want
- 5:22to,
- 5:22you
- 5:22know,
- 5:23take
- 5:23the
- 5:23approach
- 5:23of
- 5:23I
- 5:24want
- 5:24this
- 5:24to
- 5:24end
- 5:24well
- 5:24for
- 5:25both
- 5:25of
- 5:25us.
- 5:25Can
- 5:25we
- 5:25pause
- 5:26and
- 5:26try
- 5:26again?
- 5:27Try
- 5:28that.
- 5:29Another
- 5:30thing
- 5:30we
- 5:30can
- 5:30do
- 5:30is
- 5:30be
- 5:31an
- 5:31advocate.
- 5:32That
- 5:32might
- 5:32mean
- 5:33emailing
- 5:33some
- 5:33local
- 5:34official
- 5:34or
- 5:34your
- 5:35Congress
- 5:35congressperson
- 5:37about
- 5:37tangible
- 5:38peacemaking,
- 5:39mental
- 5:39health
- 5:40access,
- 5:41protection
- 5:42for
- 5:42tenants,
- 5:43safer
- 5:44school
- 5:44routes
- 5:45or
- 5:45living
- 5:46wages.
- 5:47Another
- 5:48thing
- 5:48we
- 5:48can
- 5:48do
- 5:48is
- 5:49support,
- 5:49give
- 5:50time
- 5:50or
- 5:50money
- 5:51to
- 5:51a
- 5:51local
- 5:51organization
- 5:53about
- 5:53reducing
- 5:54harm.
- 5:55Food
- 5:55pantry,
- 5:56food
- 5:57security,
- 5:58domestic
- 5:59violence
- 5:59support,
- 6:00community
- 6:00mediation.
- 6:01There's
- 6:01a
- 6:01number
- 6:01of
- 6:01things
- 6:02that
- 6:02you
- 6:02can
- 6:02do.
- 6:04We're
- 6:04going
- 6:04to
- 6:04come
- 6:04back
- 6:04and
- 6:05have
- 6:05a
- 6:05prayer
- 6:05here
- 6:05in
- 6:05just
- 6:06a
- 6:06second.
- 6:06We
- 6:06do
- 6:06want
- 6:06you
- 6:07to
- 6:07know
- 6:07that
- 6:07we
- 6:07have
- 6:07a
- 6:08resource
- 6:09just
- 6:09for
- 6:09you.
- 6:09It's
- 6:09called
- 6:10the
- 6:10ABC123
- 6:12by
- 6:12Bible
- 6:12study
- 6:13Method
- 6:13and
- 6:14we'd
- 6:14love
- 6:14for
- 6:14you
- 6:14to
- 6:14go
- 6:14over
- 6:15to
- 6:15our
- 6:15website,
- 6:15voiceofgoddaily.com
- 6:17and
- 6:18pick
- 6:18that
- 6:18up.
- 6:19Let's
- 6:19pray.
- 6:21Jesus
- 6:21who
- 6:22weeps
- 6:22over
- 6:22cities
- 6:22teaches
- 6:23how
- 6:23to
- 6:23love
- 6:24where
- 6:24we
- 6:24live.
- 6:25Let
- 6:25our
- 6:26tears
- 6:26tell
- 6:26the
- 6:26truth
- 6:27and
- 6:27let
- 6:27that
- 6:27truth
- 6:28move
- 6:28our
- 6:29hands
- 6:29and
- 6:29feet
- 6:30toward
- 6:30peace.
- 6:31Save
- 6:31us
- 6:31from
- 6:31numbness
- 6:32and
- 6:32from
- 6:32noise.
- 6:33Show
- 6:33us
- 6:34the
- 6:34things
- 6:34that
- 6:34make
- 6:34for
- 6:35peace,
- 6:35policies
- 6:36and
- 6:36practices,
- 6:37habits
- 6:38and
- 6:38budgets
- 6:38that
- 6:38lower
- 6:39the
- 6:39temperature
- 6:39and
- 6:40and
- 6:40lift
- 6:40the
- 6:40burden.
- 6:41Bless
- 6:41patients
- 6:42and
- 6:42caregivers,
- 6:43night
- 6:44shift
- 6:44workers,
- 6:44new
- 6:45parents,
- 6:45neighbors
- 6:46priced
- 6:46out,
- 6:46and
- 6:47kids
- 6:47who
- 6:47are
- 6:47hungry.
- 6:48Be
- 6:48with
- 6:49us
- 6:49in
- 6:49hospital
- 6:49hallways
- 6:50and
- 6:50wooded
- 6:51trails
- 6:51and
- 6:52our
- 6:52families
- 6:53and
- 6:53with
- 6:53our
- 6:54children
- 6:54and
- 6:54grandchildren.
- 6:55Help
- 6:56us
- 6:56recognize
- 6:56and
- 6:56welcome
- 6:57your
- 6:57visit,
- 6:58especially
- 6:59when
- 6:59you
- 6:59come
- 6:59to
- 7:00us
- 7:00from
- 7:00the
- 7:00margins
- 7:01so
- 7:02our
- 7:02neighborhoods
- 7:02become
- 7:02kinder,
- 7:03safer
- 7:04and
- 7:05more
- 7:05just.
- 7:06Amen.
- 7:11My
- 7:11friend.
- 7:12I
- 7:12am
- 7:12delighted
- 7:13you
- 7:13chose
- 7:14to
- 7:14join
- 7:14me
- 7:14for
- 7:15today's
- 7:15reading.
- 7:16The
- 7:16Daily
- 7:17Bible
- 7:17Refresh
- 7:18is
- 7:18completely
- 7:20listener
- 7:20supported.
- 7:21Your
- 7:22gift
- 7:22goes
- 7:23a
- 7:23long
- 7:23way
- 7:23to
- 7:23getting
- 7:24the
- 7:24audible
- 7:24word
- 7:25of
- 7:25God
- 7:26from
- 7:26a
- 7:26progressive
- 7:27perspective
- 7:28into
- 7:282
- 7:28million
- 7:29years,
- 7:29a
- 7:29million
- 7:29people
- 7:30by
- 7:312028.
- 7:32I
- 7:32would
- 7:32be
- 7:33so
- 7:33grateful
- 7:33if
- 7:34you
- 7:34would
- 7:34go
- 7:34to
- 7:34voiceofgodddaily.com
- 7:37and
- 7:37share
- 7:37your
- 7:38gift
- 7:38of
- 7:38any
- 7:39amount.
- 7:40Thanks
- 7:40much.
- 7:41My
- 7:41name
- 7:42is
- 7:42Dr.
- 7:42Brad
- 7:42Miller
- 7:43and
- 7:43I'll
- 7:43be
- 7:43right
- 7:43here
- 7:43tomorrow
- 7:44with
- 7:44your
- 7:45Daily
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- 7:46Refresh.
- 7:47Please
- 7:47subscribe
- 7:48and
- 7:49tag
- 7:49your
- 7:49friends
- 7:50until
- 7:50tomorrow.
- 7:51Remember,
- 7:52God's
- 7:52loyal
- 7:53love
- 7:53doesn't
- 7:53run
- 7:53out.
- 7:54His
- 7:54merciful
- 7:55love
- 7:56hasn't
- 7:56dried
- 7:56up,
- 7:57it's
- 7:57created
- 7:58new
- 7:59every
- 8:00morning.