Post by Woody Williams on Mar 21, 2006 6:33:48 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- II Chronicles 29:1-6
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Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old; he reigned
for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah
daughter of Zechariah. He did what was right in the sight of the
Lord, just as his ancestor David had done.
In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the
doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them. He brought in the
priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east.
He said to them, 'Listen to me, Levites! Sanctify yourselves, and
sanctify the house of the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and carry
out the filth from the holy place. For our ancestors have been
unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the Lord our
God; they have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from
the dwelling of the Lord, and turned their backs.
Devotional
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From time to time Israel strayed from their relationship with God,
even neglecting to worship and care for the temple. The state of our
relationship with God is reflected in our use of our spiritual
disciplines, or even our use of the external sacred spaces, the
church. We do need periods of renewal when the spark of faith can be
re-kindled. What is the state of your temple within?
Prayer
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Call me afresh, O Lord, when I stray. Amen
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Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old; he reigned
for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah
daughter of Zechariah. He did what was right in the sight of the
Lord, just as his ancestor David had done.
In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the
doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them. He brought in the
priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east.
He said to them, 'Listen to me, Levites! Sanctify yourselves, and
sanctify the house of the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and carry
out the filth from the holy place. For our ancestors have been
unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the Lord our
God; they have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from
the dwelling of the Lord, and turned their backs.
Devotional
----------
From time to time Israel strayed from their relationship with God,
even neglecting to worship and care for the temple. The state of our
relationship with God is reflected in our use of our spiritual
disciplines, or even our use of the external sacred spaces, the
church. We do need periods of renewal when the spark of faith can be
re-kindled. What is the state of your temple within?
Prayer
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Call me afresh, O Lord, when I stray. Amen