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Thursday, July 25th: Scripture – Psalm 8:4-5
4 what are humans that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? 5 Yet you have made them a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor. Prayer Focus: When we look at the stars and the heavens, when we look out at a broad vista…
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Wednesday, July 24th: Scripture – Psalm 8:3
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; Prayer Focus: While most of us will read this devotion in the morning, I encourage you to walk outside this evening. Pray that it’s not cloudy or raining, so that you’ll be able…
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Tuesday, July 23rd: Scripture – Psalm 8:2
2 Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger. Prayer Focus: The images in this verse seem to be at odds with one another. First, God’s majesty is established out of the mouths of babes and infants, but…
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Monday, July 22nd: Scripture – Psalm 8:1
1 O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Prayer Focus: In this final week of our “We Lift Our Song” summer series pairing Unity’s favorite hymns with scripture texts, we will be singing How Great Thou Art and turning to…
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Sunday, July 21st: Scripture – There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit
Prayer Focus: This gospel hymn was written by Doris Mae Akers during her time as choir director of the Sky Pilot Radio Church in Los Angeles in 1962. The interracial choir often prayed together before the service, but that particular morning the choir prayed with such faith and vigor that finally Akers had to tell…
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Saturday, July 20th: Scripture – Acts 10:46b-48
Then Peter said, 47 “Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” 48 So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they invited him to stay for several days. Prayer Focus: Throughout the Acts of the Apostles, the…
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Friday, July 19th: Scripture – Acts 10:44-46a
44 While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. 45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the gentiles, 46 for they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Prayer Focus:…
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Thursday, July 18th: Scripture – Psalm 137:5-6
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither! 6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy. Prayer Focus: To remember in the Hebrew tradition is to “make present” again.…
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Wednesday, July 17th: Scripture – Psalm 137:4
4 How could we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land? Prayer Focus: In the midst of theological crisis, the psalmist asks how could we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land. The Lord was supposed to be present in the temple in Jerusalem. Songs of praise are intended to be sung…
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Tuesday, July 16th: Scripture – Psalm 137:2-3
2 On the willows there we hung up our harps. 3 For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” Prayer Focus: The psalmist recounts an act of civil disobedience against their captors. The Babylonians call for them…