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This week\u2019s passage is 2 Samuel 24:1-23. The anger of the Lord burned against Israel, but it does not specifically say what Israel was doing to cause God to become angry. The Census recalls Gideon and how God winnowed down the number of fighting men because our faith for victory is to be in the LORD not in the number of men we have. Joab asking David not to take the census. David does not sin again by making the choice himself but leaves the fate of the nation to God. An offering that costs you nothing is not an offering at all, recalls Cain and Abel. When you let go of what you are holding onto, God can bless and multiply it.