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Day 118, or April 28. Scorn and mocking are not that shocking.

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Our thoughts today are from 2 Chronicles chapter 30, verses 10 and 11.

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The couriers went from town to town in Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulon, but people

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scorned and ridiculed them. Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulon humbled

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themselves and went to Jerusalem.

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The big picture surrounding these verses. Depending on the king ruling at the time,

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the temple is sometimes well used, and at other times ignored and sometimes even deserted.

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Under Hezekiah it has a spring clean, and worship is reintroduced once again. There

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is a great Passover feast organized too, and the whole of Israel north and south is invited.

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The response is mixed, but the event is very significant in the life of Judah, and it takes

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place just before the Assyrians make real efforts to invade and conquer them.

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And now today's action step. Some of my most fulfilling efforts have been door-knocking,

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creating folk to special services and trying to create conversations about spiritual things.

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People are so funny with their responses. One man told me, Sorry, I'm Jewish, to which

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I replied, So was Jesus. He laughed and said his response usually got rid of folk like

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me, and then proceeded to talk for about twenty minutes. We parted on great terms and I will

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never know what happened after that, as I never revisited that particular street. When

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couriers travelled north in the days of King Hezekiah, inviting Jews to a special Passover,

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they got a very mixed response, including ridicule and mocking. However, some responded

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positively and came to Jerusalem as requested. You never know how people will respond when

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you make a point about spiritual things. One thing's for certain, when you do, it will

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probably be the first time and maybe the only time that they will think of spiritual things.

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Don't be afraid of the response. It's your job to witness, and it's their business how

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they respond. God will make the most of it.