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Saturday, October 5th: Scripture – Psalm 26:9-10
9 Do not sweep me away with sinners nor my life with the bloodthirsty, 10 those in whose hands are evil devices and whose right hands are full of bribes. Prayer Focus: So far in this psalm, the psalmist has appeared almost self-congratulatory; giving the impression: “Look at how faithful I am and
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Friday, October 4th: Scripture – Psalm 26:8
8 O Lord, I love the house in which you dwell and the place where your glory abides. Prayer Focus: The theologian Augustine of Hippo read this verse with the reminder that “the beauty of God’s house is the beauty of the saints.” Give thanks for Unity Presbyterian Church (or your own church home)
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Thursday, October 3rd: Scripture – Psalm 26:6-7
6 I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord, 7 singing aloud a song of thanksgiving and telling all your wondrous deeds. Prayer Focus: A second piece of evidence lifted up by the psalmist for their faithful walk with God is the inclination to worship. For us we
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Wednesday, October 2nd: Scripture – Psalm 26:4-5
4 I do not sit with the worthless, nor do I consort with hypocrites; 5 I hate the company of evildoers and will not sit with the wicked. Prayer Focus: In contrast to walking with integrity or faithfulness with the Lord, the psalmist describes sitting with the worthless, hypocrites, evildoers, and the wicked.
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Tuesday, October 1st: Scripture – Psalm 26:2-3
2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and mind. 3 For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to you. Prayer Focus: For the second day in this psalm we encounter the image of walking. Yesterday it was walking with “integrity” – a concept we
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Monday, September 30th: Scripture – Psalm 26:1
1 Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. Prayer Focus: This week we turn to the songbook of Israel, the Psalms, and will be reading and praying through Psalm 26. Throughout this psalm, we hear the psalmist asking God to “vindicate,”
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Sunday, September 29th: Scripture – Esther 7:4
4 For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have held my peace, but no enemy can compensate for this damage to the king.” Prayer Focus: Esther shares that there has
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Saturday, September 28th: Scripture – Esther 7:3
3 Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have won your favor, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me—that is my petition—and the lives of my people—that is my request. Prayer Focus: Esther finally has the courage to make the request on behalf of her people. For such
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Friday, September 27th: Scripture – Esther 7:1-2
1 So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. 2 On the second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”
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Thursday, September 26th: Scripture – Esther 4:15-17
15 Then Esther said in reply to Mordecai, 16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. After that I will go to the king,