Post by Woody Williams on Aug 2, 2005 17:52:45 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Deuteronomy 26:1-3
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When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from the land that the LORD your God is giving you,
and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place that the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his name. You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time, and say to him, 'Today I declare to the LORD your God that I have come into the land that the LORD swore to our ancestors to give us.'
Devotional
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The people of Israel knew this story well. They gave testimony to the way God acted upon them. They owed their life, their land and their nation to God's gift of grace. Their worship and festivals expressed gratitude and acknowledgment to God for all that they had been given.
Have you given shape to the story that tells how God's grace enfolded and nurtured your life? Have you found a way to re-live that story and share it with others? What is the role of gratitude in your faith life? Can you live with these questions for a time?
Prayer
Cause me to remember the moments that define your grace in my life, Lord. Amen
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When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from the land that the LORD your God is giving you,
and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place that the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his name. You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time, and say to him, 'Today I declare to the LORD your God that I have come into the land that the LORD swore to our ancestors to give us.'
Devotional
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The people of Israel knew this story well. They gave testimony to the way God acted upon them. They owed their life, their land and their nation to God's gift of grace. Their worship and festivals expressed gratitude and acknowledgment to God for all that they had been given.
Have you given shape to the story that tells how God's grace enfolded and nurtured your life? Have you found a way to re-live that story and share it with others? What is the role of gratitude in your faith life? Can you live with these questions for a time?
Prayer
Cause me to remember the moments that define your grace in my life, Lord. Amen