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Wednesday, September 24
Scripture – Jeremiah 32:3b-5 3b Zedekiah had said, “Why do you prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord: I am going to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; 4 King Zedekiah of Judah shall not escape out of the hands of the Chaldeans but shall…
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Tuesday, September 23
Scripture – Jeremiah 32:2-3a 2 At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and the prophet Jeremiah was confined in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah, 3a where King Zedekiah of Judah had confined him. Prayer Focus: The particular time and…
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Monday, September 22
Scripture – Jeremiah 32:1 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. Prayer Focus: We begin to shift this week away from explicit services and preaching centered on Unity’s “We Love” Annual Vision of Ministry, to…
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Sunday, September 21 – Scripture – 1 Corinthians 13:8 (CEV)
8 Love never fails! Prayer Focus: Love never fails? Can this be so? One child said, “That’s not true. Sometimes parents get divorced.” Ouch! Our children are watching, and they see our failures to love in a variety of ways each day. I know it is more complicated than this child’s concrete example. Sometimes the…
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Saturday, September 20 – Scripture -1 Corinthians 13:7 (CEV)
7 Love is always supportive,loyal, hopeful, and trusting. Prayer Focus: Always is one of those words that is hard for me. It suggests some level of perfection that I don’t think I will ever achieve. 1 Corinthians 13 is often read at weddings as a model of how couples should express their love for each…
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Friday, September 19 – Scripture – 1 Corinthians 13:6 (CEV)
6 Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil. Prayer Focus: There are so many different opinions these days about what is truth and how we discern it. Might love be a lens through which we can discern the truth about others? When telling stories about what love looks like, one child told a…
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Thursday, September 18 – Scripture -I Corinthians 13:5 (CEV)
5 Love isn’t selfish or quick tempered.It doesn’t keep a record of wrongs that others do. Prayer Focus: This verse in 1 Corinthians 13 continues the description of love in the negative, describing what love is not. Therefore, we must think, if this isn’t what love looks like, what does love look like? Children describe…
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Wednesday, September 17 – Scripture – 1 Corinthians 13: 4-5a (CEV)
4 Love is patient and kind,never jealous, boastful proud 5 or rude. Prayer Focus: In addition to the 1 John passage, I chose a portion of 1 Corinthians 13 for our Children’s Sabbath service this week. As I have been listening to participants in Monday Musings each week who have been discussing Matt and Molly’s…
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Tuesday, September 16 – Scripture -1 John 3:17-18
17 How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses to help? 18 Little children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. Prayer Focus: I chose this as one of the passages for our Children’s…
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Monday, September 15 – Scripture – Luke 2: 46-47 (CEV)
46 Three days later they found Jesus sitting in the temple, listening to the teachers and asking them questions. 47 Everyone who heard him was surprised at how much he knew and at the answers he gave. Prayer Focus: On Sunday, September 21, our worship at both services will be led by the children of…