Month: August 2023
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YouTube Podcasts & Worship Songs!
Hello, everyone! As some of you may have noticed, we have been recording podcasts this year on our blog and on https://rss.com/podcasts/40daysrepentance/ for you to listen to the devotional and reading for each day. For those of you who are more familiar with YouTube, I wanted to let you know that we have also uploaded…
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Day 6, Elul 5 – Impending Judgment
In our country, in our churches and congregations, and in our personal lives, do we see the sins that caused the impending judgment on Israel in Isaiah 5? Do we also follow our own addictions or celebrate in our own ways, while disregarding God and His wonderful works (vs.11-12)? Do the people in our country…
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Day 5, Elul 4 – Responding Faithfully (2023)
Read Isaiah 5:1-7. The people of Israel did not respond faithfully to God’s care and all that He did for them. Where there should have been justice, there was oppression. Let us humble ourselves and not look down on the Israelites. Have we responded faithfully to all of God’s goodness toward us? In our lives, families,…
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Day 4, Elul 3 – No more will I serve other gods
Isaiah 2:5-21. Are there “treasures” you have in your life that you love more than God, such as people, accomplishments, possessions, work, school, or other activities? Today, put away the idols of your heart and only worship the One True God. He alone will be exalted. Today, let us praise the One True God and…
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Day 3, Elul 2 – Purging The Dross (2023)
Read Isaiah 1:21-31. Has your silver become dross? Has your love for God become diluted like “wine mixed with water”? Are there any things in your life that you have desired, like the “terebinth trees” of the Israelites, that you will be embarrassed of one day when you stand before the glorious throne of God?…
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Day 2, Elul 1 – Repentance Means Changing
Repentance comes with change. Stop sinning. Start doing good: “seek justice, rebuke the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.” Look through your current life and choose one thing to start changing today. Pray today, asking the Father to give you the desire to be obedient and the strength to change.
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Day 1, Av 30 – Rededicating Our Hearts (8/17)
When we gather to worship God, pray, tithe, and study His Word, do our hearts truly desire God? Do we obey God out of sincere love for Him? Or are all these merely rituals? Let us no longer weary our God with futile sacrifices.
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40 days of prayer & repentance (2023)
Dear brothers and sisters in Messiah, It was a huge blessing to me last year to pray, repent, and draw closer to the Father during the 40 days leading to Yom Kippur. I invite you to join me again in this 40 day journey of prayer and repentance. This year, the 40 days leading to Yom…
40 Days REPENTANCE 