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Daily Devotions

  • Monday, July 15th: Scripture – Psalm 137:1


    1 By the rivers of Babylon—     there we sat down, and there we wept     when we remembered Zion. Prayer Focus:  Our hymn for this week is “There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit” and our daily devotions follow verses from Psalm 137 and Acts 10. We begin with the Psalm, which recalls the people of…

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  • Sunday, July 14th: Scripture – Be Thou My Vision


    Prayer Focus: Be Thou My Vision is what we might call an ancient hymn with both the words and the tune dated to Ireland around A.D. 700. set to an Irish tune from the 700’s. This particular version captures some of the folklorish feel to the words and tune with an acapella group accompanied by…

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  • Saturday, July 13th: Scripture – Exodus 13:22


    22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people. Prayer Focus: The pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire do not leave its place in front of the people. God continually leads God’s people. Pray that you might have faith…

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  • Friday, July 12th: Scripture – Exodus 13:21


    21 The Lord went in front of them in a pillar of cloud by day, to lead them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light, so that they might travel by day and by night. Prayer Focus: Think about our hymn for this week, “Be Thou My…

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  • Thursday, July 11th: Scripture – Exodus 13:19-20


    19 And Moses took with him the bones of Joseph, who had required a solemn oath of the Israelites, saying, “God will surely come to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from here.” 20 They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness. Prayer Focus:…

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  • Wednesday, July 10th: Scripture – Exodus 13:17-18


    17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearer, for God thought, “If the people face war, they may change their minds and return to Egypt.” 18 So God led the people by the roundabout way of the wilderness bordering…

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  • Tuesday, July 9th: Scripture – John 9:6-7


    6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, 7 saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. Prayer Focus: In a very…

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  • Monday, July 8th: Scripture – John 9:1-5


    1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. 4 We…

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  • Sunday, July 7th: Scripture – Great is Thy Faithfulness


    Prayer Focus: This morning we will sing together, “Great is Thy Faithfulness.” It is a hymn we often sing together as a congregation at services of witness to the resurrection or in moments of great need. In my mind, it is a congregational song. So, I invite you to hear it in a new way…

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  • Saturday, July 6th: Scripture – Lamentations 3:25-26


    25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,     to the soul that seeks him. 26 It is good that one should wait quietly     for the salvation of the Lord. Prayer Focus: So often in the midst of times of trial or pain, we want to do something to immediately fix…

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