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Short readings for the pace you keep. Five minutes each morning, a longer sit on the weekend, and one study to carry through the month.

Today · Day 237

The Quiet Obedience

Most obedience is unremarkable. It looks like showing up for the same job, forgiving the same person, and praying the same prayer without an audience. Naaman wanted a miracle worth telling; he was given a river and a count of seven. The healing waited on the seventh dip, not the first.

Ask yourself where you are stopping at six. The instruction has not changed and neither has the promise attached to it.

Reading

2 Kings 5:1–14 · ASV

Verse

"Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee."

Practice

Do the small thing you already know to do, today, without telling anyone.

Earlier this week

A new reading every morning
Day 236
When the Bread Is Enough

Five loaves, a crowd, and a boy who handed over lunch. Matthew 14:13–21

Day 235
Praying Through the Night

Jacob would not let go until the blessing came. Genesis 32:22–32

Day 234
The Cost of a Good Yes

Ruth chose a hard road and found a redeemer on it. Ruth 1:8–18

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