Saturday, August 27: Scripture – Luke 14:12 12 He said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers and sisters or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid.

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Friday, August 26: Scripture – Luke 14:10-11 10 But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you. 11 For

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Thursday, August 25: Scripture – Luke 14:8-9 8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host, 9 and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you,

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Wednesday, August 24: Scripture – Luke 14:7 7 When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. Prayer Focus: Jesus arrives at the home of the Pharisee and notices how the guests choose their seats for dinner. How do you choose where to sit at a church dinner?

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Tuesday, August 23: Scripture – Luke 14:5-6 5 Then he said to them, “If one of you has a child or an ox that has fallen into a well, will you not immediately pull it out on a Sabbath day?” 6 And they could not reply to this.  Prayer Focus: I have had people tell

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Monday, August 22: Scripture – Luke 14:1-4 1 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the Sabbath, they were watching him closely. 2 Just then, in front of him, there was a man who had edema. 3 And Jesus asked the

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Sunday, August 21: Scripture – Mark 6:42-44 42 And all ate and were filled, 43 and they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. 44 Those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men. Prayer Focus: Everyone ate and was filled. They did not just get a bite of

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Saturday, August 20: Scripture – Mark 6: 38-41 39 Then he ordered them to get all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties. 41 Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed

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Friday, August 19: Scripture – Mark 6:37-38 37 But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” They said to him, “Are we to go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?” 38 And he said to them, “How many loaves have you? Go and see.”

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Thursday, August 18: Scripture – Mark 6:35-36 35 When it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now very late; 36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.” Prayer Focus:

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