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There’s something peculiar about the English language: The word, grow<\/strong>, doesn’t always refer to a change of state for the better. Take, for example, the phrase, grow tired or weary<\/strong>, from this passage from Isaiah.<\/div>\n

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Do you not know?
\n      Have you not heard?<\/p>\n

The Lord is the everlasting God,
\n      the Creator of the ends of the earth.<\/p>\n

He will not grow tired or weary<\/u>,
\n      and his understanding no one can fathom.<\/p>\n

He gives strength to the weary
\n      and increases the power of the weak.<\/p>\n

Even youths grow tired and weary<\/u>,
\n      and young men stumble and fall;
\nbut those who hope in the Lord
\n      will renew their strength.<\/p>\n

They will soar on wings like eagles;
\n      they will run and not grow weary<\/u>,
\n      they will walk and not be faint.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Isaiah 40:28-31<\/a><\/div>\n

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Praise God, He will not grow tired or weary. And praise God, He is in the business of helping the tired and weary who hope in Him so they might grow strong again.<\/div>\n

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\nFrom the blog<\/strong>
\nwalk, run, soar<\/a>
\nAmazing to consider<\/a>
\nmy help \/ your protector<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The Lord is the everlasting God,       the Creator of … Continue reading “Grow how?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,36],"tags":[217],"class_list":["post-12514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-word-study","tag-grow"],"yoast_head":"\nGrow how? - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The word \u201cgrow\u201d doesn\u2019t always refer to a change of state for the better. e.g. the phrase, \u201cgrow tired or weary\u201d, from Isaiah 40.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2022\/01\/29\/grow-how\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grow how? 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