Category: #arewethereyet
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Day 19 Don’t Be Cruel to a Heart that is True.
Read: Deuteronomy 25.1-3 (NRSV) “If it bleeds it leads,” has been a longstanding assumption in the news and entertainment industries. Our culture defines opinion rating and stars of success by the number of deaths, accidents, abductions, and fatalities, and cruelty in the world. Yet, we know cruelty is not the norm; it is not every…
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Day 18 God Listened to Me
Read: Deuteronomy 10.10 (NRSA) God does hear our prayers. Sometimes it is hard to imagine or conceive of God’s omnipresence in dealing with all the intentional and random prayers, requests, petitions, and cries for help that we offer in our collective prayers. The image of post-it notes that Jim Carrey’s character pictures in the movie…
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Day 17 “Intended to Destroy”
Therefore, rather than focus on blame, admit that we need God’s help and trust God to guide us in where we are going.
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3rd Sunday Sabbath Rest – Prayer Posture
No matter your method, prayer is the conversation of speaking AND listening to God. Let’s go.
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Day 16 Swollen Feet and Old Clothes?
Thankfully we are not called to wander in the wilderness, our journey is in a divided and materialistic technology-driven society. Be encouraged, God does know what we need and walking with us.
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Day 14 I Shall Not Want
Look at family photos and count your blessings. Find past photos of your church family and learn from our past. What are some of the hopes and dreams that you once had? Are they still attainable? Will you work to their fulfillment? Have new and better dreams come to fulfillment in their place?
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Day 13 Levites are Hosts of Grace
Identify someone you could extend grace and forgiveness toward and go do it. Reach out in the tradition of the Levites and call others to join you in repentance and healing. You will be giving one of the greatest gifts you could possibly share.
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Day 12 Entering with No Reservations
Make a reservation with a friend to share your list and listen to their feedback. Break bread as you are able and enjoy the fellowship with the People of God and a little milk and honey!
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Lent: Day 11 What Have the Children Seen Us Doing?
Read: Numbers 14.33 (NRSV) God expresses frustration over the Hebrews lack of faith in the wilderness. God pronounces a taste of their own words and actions. The punishment given by God is that none of the first generation that left Egypt would enter the Promised Land. Their children would be shepherded in the dessert to…
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Lent: 2nd Sun. Sabbath Rest – A Jubilee
Read: Leviticus 25.8 (NRSV) The year of Jubilee is the year after seven sets of seven years. It is a celebration of grace and forgiveness. Today we lift this aspect of Sabbath as we prepare for a time of Jubilee at Easter. Think of the books, tools, and serving dishes you have been meaning to…
