IT IS WELL | WEEK 2 | SCOTT SILCOX

Patience or Punctuation .,?!

15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,

as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.

16 You saw me before I was born.

Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out

before a single day had passed. - Psalms 139:15-16

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• PUNCTUATION

  1. Creates Structure

     1. Order can be followed

     2. Organized thought brings clarity to chaos.

  2. Controls rhythm

     1. Emphasis requires restraint

     2. Without slowing down, nothing sinks in.

  3. Establishes meaning

     1. Meaning requires boundaries

     2. Without stops, everything runs together.

  4. Reveals intention

     1. Understanding requires pauses

     2. What is the author’s intent? Not every word can shout!

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2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. - James 1:2-8

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