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Saturday, October 2: Scripture – Isaiah 58:11-12
11 The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail. 12 Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of…
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Friday, October 1: Scripture – Isaiah 58:9-10
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am. If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, 10 if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then…
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Thursday, September 30: Scripture – Isaiah 58:8
8 Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Prayer Focus: As we discussed last week, you are light and you shine. You cannot be hidden under a bushel. But your…
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Wednesday, September 29: Scripture – Isaiah 58:5-7
5 Is such the fast that I choose, a day to humble oneself? Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush, and to lie in sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord? 6 Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the…
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Tuesday, September 28: Scripture – Isaiah 58:3-4
3 “Why do we fast, but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?” Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day, and oppress all your workers. 4 Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to strike with a wicked fist. Such fasting as you do today will…
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Monday, September 27: Scripture – Isaiah 58:1-2
1 Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance…
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Sunday, September 26: Scripture – Psalm 126:6
6 Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves. Prayer Focus: What begins with barrenness, God promises to return as a harvest. As we gather for worship today, think and pray about what has been put on pause this year. Where have you gone…
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Saturday, September 25: Scripture – Psalm 126:4-5
4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the watercourses in the Negeb. 5 May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy. Prayer Focus: Knowing that God has acted in the past gives the psalmist courage and faith to ask for God to act again. Restore our fortunes, O Lord, is the prayer. We…
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Friday, September 24: Scripture – Psalm 126:2b-3
2b then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” 3 The Lord has done great things for us, and we rejoiced. Prayer Focus: What are people talking about today? What is the news? Is it that the Lord has done great things? Are God’s actions at the top of the…
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Thursday, September 23: Scripture – Psalm 126:1-2a
1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. 2a Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; Prayer Focus: Today we shift to our second scripture text for this week, Psalm 126. Listen for our key verb, “restoring,” in this psalm. It…