Author: Grace C
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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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Day 8, Elul 7 – Wise in… whose eyes?
Sunset of 9/2 Friday to sunset of 9/3 Saturday Read Isaiah 5:21-25 In our country, in our churches and congregations, and in our personal lives, do we see the sins for which God’s “anger is not turned away but His hand is stretched out still”? Have we rejected God’s Torah to follow our own ways?…
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Days 11-20 Prayer Guide
Shalom aleichem! (Peace to you!) Here is the prayer guide for Days 11-20, Elul 10-19, 9/6-9/15. These next 10 days will be focusing on prayers of repentance from the Bible, with passages from Luke, Nehemiah, Daniel, and Psalms. How to use the prayer guide: May you all be blessed as you read and pray through…
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Day 7, Elul 6 – Correct Change
Sunset of 9/1 Thursday to sunset of 9/2 Friday Read Isaiah 5:14-20. Note the sins listed in today’s passage, the ones that God declares, “Woe to…” In our country today, is what is good called evil, and what is evil called good? Do the believers stand up for the truth and shine God’s light in…
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Day 6, Elul 5 – Impending Judgment
Sunset of 8/31 Wednesday to sunset of 9/1 Thursday Read Isaiah 5:8-13. 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, rather than praise God for His wonderful works…
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Day 5, Elul 4 – Responding Faithfully
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, and congregations,…
40 Days REPENTANCE 