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Daily Devotions

  • 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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  • Friday, July 5th: Scripture – Lamentations 3:21-24


    21 But this I call to mind,     and therefore I have hope: 22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,     his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning;     great is your faithfulness. 24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,     “therefore I will hope…

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  • Thursday, July 4th: Scripture – Lamentations 3:15-20


    15 He has filled me with bitterness;     he has sated me with wormwood. 16 He has made my teeth grind on gravel;     he has made me cower in ashes; 17 my soul is bereft of peace;     I have forgotten what happiness is; 18 so I say, “Gone is my glory     and…

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  • Wednesday, July 3rd: Scripture – Lamentations 3:10-14


    10 He is a bear lying in wait for me,     a lion in hiding; 11 he led me off my way and tore me to pieces;     he has made me desolate; 12 he bent his bow and set me     as a mark for his arrow. 13 He shot into my vitals    …

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  • Tuesday, July 2nd: Scripture – Lamentations 3:7-9


    7 He has walled me about so that I cannot escape;     he has put heavy chains on me; 8 though I call and cry for help,     he shuts out my prayer; 9 he has blocked my ways with hewn stones;     he has made my paths crooked. Prayer Focus: The author of Lamentations,…

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  • Monday, July 1st: Scripture – Lamentations 3:1-6


    1 I am one who has seen affliction     under the rod of God’s wrath; 2 he has driven and brought me     into darkness without any light; 3 against me alone he turns his hand,     again and again, all day long. 4 He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;    …

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  • Sunday, June 30th: Scripture – Lift High the Cross


    Prayer Focus: In the midst of the pandemic church musicians became skilled (as our own Margaret Monroe did) in creating videos of choirs singing hymns while separated. This particular video reminds me that no matter where we are, it is the grace of God that draws us together. We lift high the cross and proclaim…

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  • Saturday, June 29th: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 2:13


    13 And we speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual. Prayer Focus: We can attempt to speak of what God has done for us on the cross with a variety of metaphors, but ultimately we just point to…

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  • Friday, June 28th: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 2:11-12


    11 For what human knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts…

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