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Monday, June 16th: Scripture – Psalm 23:1-3
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;he leads me beside still waters; 3 he restores my soul.He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. Prayer Focus: In our summer worship series, “Tending the Soul,” this week we seek to “be present,”…
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Sunday, June 15th: Scripture – Exodus 20:8
8 “Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.” Prayer Focus: That’s right, you’ve read this verse before…and its worth reading again and again. Today as you reread this first verse of the Sabbath commandment, I want you to sit quietly in a comfortable space. I want you to breathe, listen, be still. Even if…
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Saturday, June 14th: Scripture – Exodus 20:11b
“therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.” Prayer Focus: Consecrated means to be set apart. The Sabbath day should be set apart from the other six days of our week. It should look different, feel different. What we do on that day should focus us on God instead of our schedules, and on the…
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Friday, June 13th: Scripture – Exodus 20:11a
11 “For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day;” Prayer Focus: God stopped God’s work to rest…so can you! Do you think your work is more important than God’s work? God made all of creation and continued to work throughout the stories…
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Thursday, June 12th: Scripture – Exodus 20:10b
“you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns.” Prayer Focus: Have you ever heard the word Sabbath and thought social justice? In these words in verse 10 we find Sabbath demanding equality for all people. God commands not just us to rest as…
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Wednesday, June 11th: Scripture – Exodus 20:10a
10 “But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—” Prayer Focus: Sometimes we think that Sabbath means not doing anything. If we just stop our work, then we are resting. As we look at this verse today however, we see there is more to the Sabbath than…
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Tuesday, June 10th: Scripture – Exodus 20:9
9 “Six days you shall labor and do all your work.” Prayer Focus: As we discuss and discern what Sabbath is this week, it’s important to point out that work is not a bad thing. Here in the United States we have long running narratives about performance and productivity that inspire and drive us to…
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Monday, June 9th: Scripture – Exodus 20:8
8 “Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.” Prayer Focus: Notice that there are two parts to the beginning of this commandment; remember the Sabbath AND keep it holy. What does it mean for us to remember the Sabbath day? Does it remind us of creation, or a long list of things we couldn’t…
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Sunday, June 8th: Scripture – Genesis 11:8-9
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth, and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.…
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Saturday, June 7th: Scripture – Genesis 11:5-7
5 The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built. 6 And the Lord said, “Look, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.…