April 6: Genesis 32:26; Exodus 33:13–14; Isaiah 27:5; Matthew 9:29; Matthew 15:28; Luke 24:28–29; Luke 24:31–32; James 1:6–7; Psalm 138:8; Isaiah 41:4; Galatians 3:3; Philippians 1:6; Philippians 2:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24; Hebrews 12:2; Revelation 1:8 - a podcast by Crossway

“I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

“Let them lay hold of my protection, let them make peace with me, let them make peace with me.”

“O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.”—“According to your faith be it done to you.”—But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord.

So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther, but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us…”… And he vanished from their sight. They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?”—“Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight.” “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Genesis 32:26(Listen)

26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

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Exodus 33:13–14(Listen)

13 Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.”14 And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

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Isaiah 27:5(Listen)

5   Or let them lay hold of my protection,
    let them make peace with me,
    let them make peace with me.”

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Matthew 9:29(Listen)

29 Then he touched their eyes, saying,“According to your faith be it done to you.”

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Matthew 15:28(Listen)

28 Then Jesus answered her,“O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.”And her daughter was healed instantly.¹

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Luke 24:28–29(Listen)

28 So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther,29 but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them.

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Luke 24:31–32(Listen)

31 And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight.32 They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?”

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James 1:6–7(Listen)

6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

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Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”—Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, theLord, the first, and with the last; I am he.

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.—He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.—Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?—TheLordwill fulfill his purpose for me.

For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Psalm 138:8(Listen)

8   The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
    your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever.
    Do not forsake the work of your hands.

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Isaiah 41:4(Listen)

4   Who has performed and done this,
    calling the generations from the beginning?
  I, the LORD, the first,
    and with the last; I am he.

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Galatians 3:3(Listen)

3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by¹the flesh?

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Philippians 1:6(Listen)

6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

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Philippians 2:13(Listen)

13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

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1 Thessalonians 5:23–24(Listen)

23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.24 He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.

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Hebrews 12:2(Listen)

2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Revelation 1:8(Listen)

8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

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