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Tuesday, October 24: Hymn – O Lord, How Shall I Meet You
Tuesday, October 24: Hymn – O Lord, How Shall I Meet You https://youtu.be/VIORD3pYfSI?si=QDOUPw6Y0utInHp_ Prayer Focus: We begin the liturgical year with Advent, a season of expectation and hope. We anticipate Christ’s birth, or advent, in Bethlehem so many years ago. Yet, as the third verse of the hymn reminds us, we also live “in patient
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Monday, October 23: Hymn – O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Monday, October 23: Hymn – O Sing a Song of Bethlehem https://youtu.be/0BFaxBEg5vs?si=TC0TG3ThVVmkiEEK Prayer Focus: This Sunday we are going to sing God’s story with hymns, scripture, poetry, readings, and prayers that walk us through the Christian liturgical or worship year. In preparation, each day’s devotions this week links to one of the hymns we will
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Sunday, October 22: Scripture – Ephesians 3:20-21
Sunday, October 22: Scripture – Ephesians 3:20-21 20 Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Prayer Focus: I
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Saturday, October 21: Scripture – Jeremiah 1:10
Saturday, October 21: Scripture – Jeremiah 1:10 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.” Prayer Focus: Earlier in this series we reflected on how telling the truth can be difficult and demanding. Initially Jeremiah’s
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Friday, October 20: Scripture – Jeremiah 1:9
Friday, October 20: Scripture – Jeremiah 1:9 9 Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, “Now I have put my words in your mouth. Prayer Focus: Not only does the Lord promise presence as we move from the past into the future, but the Lord
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Thursday, October 19: Scripture – Jeremiah 1:8
Thursday, October 19: Scripture – Jeremiah 1:8 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.” Prayer Focus: So often our fear of the new and unexpected prevents us from taking the first step. We would rather remain with the comfortable and the safe. One of
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Wednesday, October 18: Scripture – Jeremiah 1:7
Wednesday, October 18: Scripture – Jeremiah 1:7 7 But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a boy,’ for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you. Prayer Focus: The Lord overcomes the prophet’s objection with a reiteration of the future.
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Tuesday, October 17: Scripture – Jeremiah 1:6
Tuesday, October 17: Scripture – Jeremiah 1:6 6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.” Prayer Focus: As is typically the case for a biblical prophet, the prophet hears God’s call and initially responds with an objection. Lord, you must be mistaken
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Monday, October 16: Scripture – Jeremiah 1:4-5
Monday, October 16: Scripture – Jeremiah 1:4-5 4 Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Prayer Focus: As we conclude our introduction to Unity’s Annual
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Sunday, October 15: Scripture – Psalm 15:5b
Sunday, October 15: Scripture – Psalm 15:5b 5 … Those who do these things shall never be moved. Prayer Focus: We began this week with a recognition that the “truth” seems to be in flux in our culture and world. We end the week with Psalm 15’s assertion that those who walk blamelessly and speak