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๐Ÿ“ฃ Don’t Hide Your Faith: Make God’s Name Known | Ezekiel 28 Devotional (7-Step QT)

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  7-Step QT Notes 1. ๐Ÿ™ Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to give you the courage, humility, and love to make the name of Jesus known—even among those who may reject or oppose your faith. 2. ๐Ÿ“… July 22, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: God reveals his glory and holiness so that people everywhere may know that he is the LORD. 3. ✝️ Ezekiel 28:20-26 God will judge Sidon with pestilence and the sword, revealing his glory and holiness so that all will know he is the LORD. Israel’s contemptuous neighbors will no longer wound them like briers and thorns. God will gather his scattered people to the land given to Jacob, where they will build houses, plant vineyards, dwell securely, and know that the LORD is their God. 4. ๐Ÿ“– Key Verse They will know that I am the LORD (vv. 22, 23, 24, 26). 5. ๐Ÿ“ Reflection A long time ago, I asked a street evangelist a question. People did not want to hear the gospel. Some even confronted him, complaining that he was too loud, spat ...

⚠️ When God-Given Wisdom Turns into Pride | Ezekiel 28 Devotional (7-Step QT)

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  7-Step QT Notes 1. ๐Ÿ™ Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to reveal whether you are using his gifts for his glory or allowing them to become sources of pride. 2. ๐Ÿ“… July 21, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: God’s good gifts are corrupted when pride rules our hearts, but his grace restores us to use them for his glory. 3. ✝️ Ezekiel 28:1-19 The ruler of Tyre grew wealthy through wisdom and trade, but his riches made him proud, and he claimed to be a god. The Lord would bring ruthless foreigners to expose him as a mere man and destroy his splendor. Though the king had been created with wisdom, beauty, and privilege, violence and dishonest trade corrupted him. God cast him down, consumed him by fire, and brought him to a dreadful end. 4. ๐Ÿ“– Key Verse Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you (v. 17). 5. ๐Ÿ“ Reflecti...