Month: September 2022
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Day 18, Elul 17 – Blessed Are Those Who Believe
Sunset of 9/12 Monday to sunset of 9/13 Tuesday Read Psalm 78:12-22 How faithful is our God! He parts the seas, guides us in the day, is the light for us in the darkest night, and opens rivers in the wilderness! Yet, do we still test God’s faithfulness? Do we doubt God’s love and “ask…
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Day 17, Elul 16 – On Behalf Of My Generation
Sunset of 9/11 Sunday to sunset of 9/12 Monday Read Psalm 78:5-11. What generation will you be? Will you set your hope in God, remember His works, and keep His commandments? Will you set your heart aright with the Lord? Will your spirit be faithful to God? Or, will you choose to be like the…
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Day 16, Elul 15 – Steadfast Hearts
Sunset of 9/10 Saturday to sunset of 9/11 Sunday Read Nehemiah 9:28-31 How many times have we experienced God’s answers to prayer, and then returned to our original ways shortly after He gave us relief? God has been so patient with us. Let us no longer shrug our shoulders and stiffen our necks. Let us…
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Day 15, Elul 14 – Do as He has done for you
Sunset of 9/9 Friday to sunset of 9/10 Saturday Read Nehemiah 9:18-27 Think through your life and all that the Lord has done for you. How have we repaid Him? He lovingly cares for us all the time. Do we love and care for others as He has done to us? He is ever patient…
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Day 14, Elul 13 – Remember to be Thankful
Sunset of 9/8 Thursday to sunset of 9/9 Friday Read Nehemiah 9:5-17 Just as the Israelites were slaves in Egypt, so we were spiritually slaves of sin and hopeless. God, in His great mercy, looked on our affliction and redeemed us. He crushed the Egyptians in the Red Sea and He triumphed over our old…
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Day 13, Elul 12 – Pray for His people
Sunset of 9/7 Wednesday to sunset of 9/8 Thursday Read Daniel 9:13-19 Did you know that the Bible commands us to “pray for the peace of Jerusalem” (Psalm 122:6)? God appointed Israel to be His chosen people and He made an everlasting covenant with them (Deut. 7:6-8, Gen. 17:6-8, 2 Sam. 7:23-24, Psa. 105:6, Isa.…
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Day 12, Elul 11 – Praying on behalf of others
Daniel walked in God’s commandments and held fast to the Lord, even when he was a young man in a foreign, pagan country. Yet, in today’s passage, Daniel repents of rejecting God’s law and departing from God’s commandments. Daniel is repenting on behalf of his people, who have departed from God’s laws. We, too, should…
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Day 11, Elul 10 – “God, be merciful to me!”
Sunset of 9/5 Monday to sunset of 9/6 Tuesday Read Luke 18:9-14 Two people, two prayers, and two outcomes. Which person do you want to be like? Whose prayer will you choose to pray? As we embark on this 10-day series and read through prayers of repentance from the Bible, humbly repent before the Lord…
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Day 10, Elul 9 – Devouring Sins
Sunset of 9/4 Sunday to sunset of 9/5 Monday Read Isaiah 9:18-21 and Isaiah 10:1-4 Do we see wickedness burning and spreading like fire all around us today? Do brothers fight against and devour one another? Do our policy makers decree unrighteous decrees and rob the needy of justice? Pray and repent today of these…
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Day 9, Elul 8 – Turn to Him
Sunset of 9/3 Saturday to sunset of 9/4 Sunday Read Isaiah 9:8-17 Today’s reading lists even more sins for which God’s “anger is not turned away but His hand is stretched out still.” Do we see these sins around us today? Whom the Lord loves, He chastens. When God strikes us, disciplines us, or brings…
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